Povezanost vzgojnih stilov s tesnobnostjo in strahom pred intimo v medosebnih odnosih : magistrsko delo

Sladič, Valerija (author), Simonič, Barbara (mentor)

Vzgojo lahko definiramo kot zavestno, ciljno usmerjeno dejavnost ali kot nezavedno, ciljno usmerjeno delovanje. Starši s svojimi izkušnjami in občutki delujejo v odnosu z otrokom. Otrok ob tem doživlja različna čutenja, ki jih bolj ali manj regulira, odvisno tudi od odzivnosti staršev. Izkušnje, kako regulirati svoje občutke in kako delovati v odnosih, prenese v odrasle intimne odnose. S partnerjem preigrava morebitna nerazrešena občutja iz otroštva. Ob tem se partnerju lahko prepusti, je z njim lahko ranljiv in pri njem išče podporo ali pa se zapre vase in potlači negativne občutke. Iz dolgotrajnega stresa ob potlačitvi se lahko razvije tesnoba. Namen magistrskega dela je bil predstaviti in raziskati povezave med vzgojnim stilom, s katerim je bil posameznik v otroštvu najpogosteje vzgajan, in stopnjo strahu pred intimo, ki jo posameznik občuti v intimnih, predvsem partnerskih odnosih v odraslosti. Ob tem smo se spraševali tudi o morebitni vlogi mentalnega zdravja za kakovost odnosov, pri čemer smo se osredotočili na tesnobnost. V ta namen smo preverjali tudi, ali se tesnoba povezuje s strahom pred intimo in ali so s tesnobo povezani tudi vzgojni stili. Preverjali smo tudi, ali se poročeni in neporočeni posamezniki med seboj razlikujejo v stopnji strahu pred intimo. Izvedli smo empirično raziskavo, v katero smo zajeli 150 udeležencev, ki so rešili spletni vprašalnik, ki je vseboval Vprašalnik starševske avtoritete (PAQ), Lestvico strahu pred intimo (FIS) in Vprašalnik za anksioznost. PAQ-vprašalnik so udeleženci rešili posebej za način vzgoje s strani mame in posebej za način vzgoje s strani očeta. Rezultati raziskave so pokazali, da se spremenljivki avtoritativnega vzgojnega stila tako mame kot očeta statistično pomembno povezujeta s stopnjo strahu pred intimnostjo in tesnobo. Povezave so negativne in nizke. Prav tako pozitivna nizka korelacija obstaja med stopnjo strahu pred intimo in tesnobnostjo. Ugotovili smo še, da poročeni odrasli doživljajo manjšo stopnjo strahu pred intimo kot neporočeni. Z raziskavo smo, ob upoštevanju njenih omejitev, pokazali, da je kakovostna vzgoja lahko preventivni dejavnik za razvoj tesnobnosti, prav tako pa je lahko pomemben dejavnik za kasnejši odnos z intimnim partnerjem.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: vzgojni stil, strah pred intimo, tesnobnost, navezanost, medosebni odnosi, intimnost, način vzgoje
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [V. Sladič]
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: VI, 60, XI str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-145651
• UDC: 159.922.2:613.88:37.018.1(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 152067331
• Publication date in RUL: 04.05.2023

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: The correlation of parenting styles with anxiety and fear of intimacy in interpersonal relationships

Abstract

Parenting can be defined as a conscious, goal-oriented activity or as an unconscious, goal-oriented action. In the relationship with the child, parents act according to their experiences and feelings. At the same time, the child experiences various feelings, which he regulates more or less, depending also on the responsiveness of the parents. These experiences of how to regulate your feelings and how to function in relationships, he carries over into adult intimate relationships. With his partner, he outplays possible unresolved feelings from his childhood. His partner can indulge in this, be vulnerable with him and looks for support in him or he can withdraw and suppress his negative feelings. Long-term stress along the suppression can lead to anxiety. The purpose of the Master’s thesis was to present and research the correlations between the parenting style, which the individual was most often raised in childhood, and the level of fear of intimacy, felt by the individual in intimate relationships, mostly partnerships, in adulthood. We also questioned the potential role of mental health in relationship quality, focusing on anxiety. For this purpose, we also checked, if anxiety correlates with fear of intimacy and if parenting styles are also correlated with anxiety. We also checked, if married and unmarried individuals differ in the level of fear of intimacy. We also performed an empirical research, including 15 participants, who answered the online questionnaire that included the Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ), The Fear of Intimacy Scale (FIS) and the Anxiety questionnaire. The participants answered the PAQ-questionnaire separately for the parenting style of their mother and for the parenting style of their father. The results of the research showed that the variables of the authoritative parenting style of their mother as well as the father are statistically significantly correlated with the level of fear of intimacy and anxiety. The correlations are negative and low. There is also a positive and low correlation between the level of fear of intimacy and anxiety. We also found that married adults experience a lower level of fear of intimacy than unmarried adults. Considering the stated limitations, the research showed that quality parenting can be a preventive factor for the development of anxiety as well as an important factor of the future relationship with the intimate partner.

• Keywords: parenting style, fear of intimacy, anxiety, attachment, interpersonal relationships, intimacy, parenting type