The Role of Perceived Parenting Styles and Attachment Styles in Predicting Women’s Marital Intimacy

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of perceived parenting styles and attachment styles in predicting marital intimacy in married women. The research design was descriptive and correlational. For this purpose, 288 married women from the seminary school of Qom in the academic year 1396 -1397 were selected through the random sampling method. The participants completed the questionnaires of Young Parenting Style (YPI), Collins and Reed Attachment Styles (AAS) and Parental Marital Intimacy. Correlation test and stepwise regression analysis were used for data analysis. The research findings showed that there is a significantly positive relationship between perceived parenting styles of impaired limits, vigilance-inhibition and secure attachment styles with marital intimacy. There was also a significantly negative relationship between disconnection and rejection, impaired limits and anxious attachment parenting styles and marital intimacy. The results of stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that perceived parenting styles of impaired limits, vigilance and inhibition as well as anxious attachment style in total predicted 31% of variance in marital intimacy. These findings well illustrate the important role of perceived parenting styles and attachment styles in predicting marital intimacy, and can provide useful information to family counselors and psychologists.