A Study of relationship between parental rearing methods and attachment styles with depression symptoms in adolescents

• Main Authors: Zeynab khanjani, Toraj hashemi, Fariba elhamfar
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch 2011-08-01
• Series: آموزش و ارزشیابی
• Subjects: parental rearing methods; attachment styles; depression symptoms
• Online Access: http://jinev.iaut.ac.ir/article_521549_3b10a5b3ca28876f4bbc2aca6bf5843c.pdf

The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between attachment skills and parental rearing methods with depression symptoms. The statistical population were all the female high-school students in Tabriz, using cochrans’ formula, 375 students were selected as the sample size. The method of collecting data was multistage random sampling. To gather the data the Bamrindparental rearing methods, the adultattachment skills questionnaires and the kutcher adolescent depression scale were used. To analyse the data pearson’s correlation and concurrent regression were used. The results showed that the adolescents with avoidance unsecure attachment skill showed higher level of depression symptoms. There was not any relationship between secure attachment style and ambivalent unsecure attachment with depression symptoms. The results also showed that there was a negative significant difference between the depression and rational authoritative parental rearing method, and there was a positive significant difference between depression and despotic parental rearing method. Whereas no relationship was observed between depression and permissive parental rearing method. According to the findings it can be concluded that attachment styles and parental rearing methods can have an important role in appearing adolescent depression symptoms.