The relationship between autonomous parenting style, mindfulness level and psychological well-being
Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This thesis explored the relationship among autonomy support by parents, mindful awareness and psychological well-being (levels of depression, anxiety and stress). The data was collected from 130 undergraduates: 94 of them female and 36 of them male. Firstly, correlation analysis was run for examining the relationship among autonomy support by parents, mindful awareness and levels of depression, anxiety and stress. Secondly, multiple regression analyses were conducted to explore how much of the variance accounted for psychological well-being (stress, anxiety and depression symptoms) by the paternal and maternal autonomy support and/or mindfulness and also how much of the variance is accounted for mindful awareness by the paternal and maternal autonomy support. Independent samples t-test was conducted to explore professional psychological help’s contribution to any changes regarding mindful awareness level and psychological well-being (depression, anxiety and stress symptoms). Results showed that maternal autonomy support predicted higher mindfulness level and psychological well-being except stress level but paternal autonomy support did not predict psychological well-being at all. Also, results showed that professional psychological help contributed significantly to lower levels of stress. The findings of this study give insights into the understanding of parenting styles in terms of providing experience of momentary thoughts, emotions and psychologically functional being.
Author: Kocaefe, Tuğba
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W837760458