Psychology: Research and Review
Table 2 Correlation between parents’ emotional competence and attachment styles
From: Emotional competence, attachment, and parenting styles in children and parents
Attachment styles | Recognition of own emotions | Recognition of the emotions of others | Emotion regulation | Emotional expression | Regulation of the emotions of others | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mother | Attachment close | .24 | .17 | .17 | .372** | .07 |
Attachment depend | .19 | .2 | − .01 | .346* | .422** | |
Attachment anxiety | .03 | − .18 | .02 | .1 | − .02 | |
Father | Attachment close | .22 | .300* | .316* | .296* | − .01 |
Attachment depend | .357** | .386** | .08 | .449** | .18 | |
Attachment anxiety | − .001 | − .290* | .03 | − .002 | − .03 | |
Child | Secure attachment style | .08 | .19 | .06 | .08 | − .03 |
Insecure avoidant attachment style | .07 | − .19 | − .04 | − .01 | .03 | |
Insecure ambivalent attachment style | − .14 | − .13 | − .04 | − .16 | − .1 |