Attachment in the primary family and parenting style in adulthood.
In the master's thesis we focused on aspects of attachment from the primary family that can influence a specific parenting style in adulthood. The theoretical part presents the main characteristics of attachment theory, memory, parenting styles, and the connection between attachment, parenthood and parenting styles.
In the empirical part, we presented the methodology and results of the research on attachment in the primary family and parenting styles in adulthood. We focused on aspects of attachment in the primary family that help us better understand the use of specific elements of parenting styles in adulthood, on memories of relationships in the primary family that help us better understand the use of specific elements of parenting styles in adulthood, on memories of punishment and reward in the primary family that help us better understand the use of specific elements of parenting styles in adulthood, and on individual childhood memories that may contribute to the desire to replicate or change the way they raise their own children in adulthood.
In the master's thesis, we used the grounded theory method. We created a semi-structured interview. We interviewed 16 participants, including 12 women and 4 men, parents with at least one and at most three children. Through coding of the interview data, we identified results presented through coding. The research yielded four main categories that address our research questions: the influence of positive attachment segments on parenting style; the influence of negative attachment segments on parenting style; the repetition of one's own parents' parenting style; and the rejection of one's own parents' parenting style.
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