The Role of Attachment Styles, Parenting Styles and Anxiety in Predicting the Psychological Well-being of Adolescent Boys

The purpose of this research was the role of attachment styles, parenting styles and anxiety in predicting psychological well-being in male adolescents. Method: The present study is a descriptive type of correlational study. For this purpose, ۲۰۰ adolescent boys of Gonabad city in ۲۰۲۲ and in the age range of ۱۲ to ۱۸ years were selected by available sampling method and completed the Collins and Reed attachment style questionnaires, Grolnik parenting styles, Beck's anxiety and Riff's psychological well-being. Findings: In order to analyze the data, Pearson's correlation method and step-by-step regression analysis were used. Pearson correlation results showed that there is a significant relationship between attachment styles, anxiety and parenting styles with psychological well-being. In addition, the results indicated that the components of mother's support in autonomy, anxious-ambivalent attachment style and anxiety scale explained ۱۵%, ۲۶% and ۳۱% of the variance of psychological well-being, respectively. Conclusion: According to the research findings, it seems that all three variables of attachment styles, parenting styles and anxiety play a decisive role in predicting the psychological well-being of male adolescents.

کلیدواژه ها:

Attachment Styles ، Parenting Styles ، Anxiety ، Psychological Well-being ، Adolescent Boys