Relationship among Adult Attachment,Parenting Styles and Self-esteem of Female Nursing Students

Objective: To explore the relation of female nursing students’ adult attachment, parenting styles and self-esteem. Methods: 180 female students majoring in nursing in Changsha were assesed with the AAQ3.1, SES and EMBU. Results: ①Most of the factors of AAQ3.1 and EMBU were significantly correlated, the coefficients variated from -0.519 to 0.570. Self-esteem was positively correlated with emotional warmth (father and mother), idealization (mother), memory, and negatively correlated with negative loving (father and mother), rejecting (father and mother), and anger(father). ②Stepwise regression analysis showed that memory of early attachment experiences (R2=0.140,β=0.374), mother emotional warmth, father overinterference and overprotection (R2=0.181,β=0.349,0.384,-0.247) were significant predictors of self-esteem. Conclusion: Self-esteem was signifficantly affected by early attachment experiences and parenting styles in female nursing students.