Parenting Practices during Upbringing and Mental Health Symptoms in Emerging Adults: The Mediating Role of Attachment

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Keyword: Psychopathology

Abstract: This study examined how attachment styles and caregiver parenting styles relate to mental health symptoms in 80 emerging adults (ages 18–29). Mediation analysis revealed that anxious attachment mediates the link between punitive parenting and anxiety symptoms, highlighting attachment’s role in understanding anxiety during the transition to adulthood.

• Remina Wahid (Presenting Author)
• Amy Johansson (Author)