Abstract
According to the internal working model, attachment is rooted in one's previous interactive experience, which can affect further interpersonal relationships through reaction to others, including the parent-child relationships. However, no meta-analysis examining the link between parental attachments and parenting styles was done before. This meta-analysis study aimed to examine the associations between parents' patterns of attachment and parenting styles. Sixteen published articles and 2342 participants were included in the analysis. It was found that parental secure attachment correlated with positive parenting, but no significant negative correlation emerged between secure attachment and negative parenting. Regarding maternal insecure attachment, the results showed it correlated with positive parenting negatively and significantly. Also, there was a significant association between the insecure attachment and negative parenting. This research suggests that parental attachment pattern is linked to parenting styles.
Highlights
According to the internal working model, attachment is rooted in one's previous interactive experience, which can affect further interpersonal relationships through reaction to others, including the parent-child relationships
The current study aimed to examine the correlation between parental attachment and parenting styles
This research first synthesizes the evidence about the association between parental attachment and parenting style by meta-analysis
Summary
According to the internal working model, attachment is rooted in one's previous interactive experience, which can affect further interpersonal relationships through reaction to others, including the parent-child relationships. IWMs develop based on the early interaction with the primary caregivers (Bretherton, 1990; Main et al, 1985) Such representations of relationships with other people and their functioning in times of stress further affect interpersonal interactions (Schank, 1983). For parents, attachment style partially affects their parenting behaviors (including their responds to children during interactions), which provides the foundation of the development of attachment of the offspring. This contributes to attachment transmission between generations (Sierau et al, 2013). Yi factor for emotional problems, while parents' strict discipline and psychological control increase adolescents' emotional problems, such as stress and depression (Finkenauer et al., 2005)
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