Relationship betwen parenting styles, attachment styles and numer of love partnership

Cilj istraživanja bio je ispitati odnos između percipiranog stila roditeljstva svojih roditelja, stila privrženosti i broja partnerskih veza u mladenačkoj dobi. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 264 studenata dva zagrebačka fakulteta, koji su ispunjavali uvodni upitnik sa osnovnim podatcima sudionika (dob, spol) te podatcima o partnerskim vezama (broj ljubavnih partnera, trajanje ljubavnih veza i sl.), Inventar iskustava u bliskim vezama te Upitnik percepcije roditelja. Provedene statističke obrade ukazuju na razlike u percipiranom stilu roditeljstva s obzirom na stil privrženosti, pri čemu sigurno privrženi pojedinci već spomenute aspekte roditeljstva procjenjuju višima od nesigurno privrženih pojedinaca. Također dobivena je razlika u trajanju najdulje ljubavne veze s obzirom na stil privrženosti, pri čemu su sigurno privrženi pojedinci u prosjeku imali dulje veze od nesigurno privrženih. Istraživanjem nisu dobivene značajne razlike u stilovima privrženosti s obzirom na spol, niti je dobivena razlika u nevjeri, preferenciji oblika partnerske veze i broja partnerskih veza s obzirom na stil privrženosti. Korisno je i dalje istraživati odnose ovih aspekata kako bi se došlo do novih spoznaja koje bi se mogle primijeniti unutar razvojne, kliničke, savjetodavne, školske i zdravstvene psihologije.The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between perception of parenting style, attachment style and the number of love partnerships among youth. 264 students from the two faculties of Zagreb participated in this study. They filled out the introductory questionnaire with the basic data of the participants (age, gender) and data on love partnerships (number of love partners, duration of love partnerships etc.), Experiences in close relationship inventory, and Perceptions of parents scale. Conducted statistical analyses pointed out differences in parenting styles with respect to the attachment style, whereby the securely attached individuals estimated aspects of parenting styles higher than the insecurely attached individuals. There was also a difference in the length of the longest love partnerships with regard to the attachment style, where securely attached participants, on average, had longer relationships than insecurely attached participants. The research did not indicate any significant differences in attachment styles with regard to gender, nor was there difference in unfaithfulness, the preference of type of love relationship, and the number of love relationships, given the style of attachment. It is useful to continue exploring the relationships of these aspects in order to gain new insights that could be applied within developmental, clinical, educational, health psychology and counseling