A Research on the Relationship Between Parental Attıtudes and Images of God

As a dynamic structure, the image of God contains a process that is constantly\rrenewed, changing and progressing cumulatively. The image of God comprise a\rwide area with many cognitive and emotional aspects, as well as individual and\rsocial factors. Perhaps one of the most critical stages of this process is the\rattitudes of parents towards their children. In this sense, the main problem of\rcurrent research is to examine whether there is a differentiation between\rparental attitudes and the images of God.\rThis research has utilized the relational survey model which is one of the\rquantitative research methods. The data set was collected from random\rprobability sampling participants. Research findings demonstrated that there\rwas a statistically significant association between parental attitudes and God\rimage. Accordingly, emotional warmth-oriented parental attitudes were\rpositively associated with balanced and love oriented God images; rejectionist\rparental attitudes were positively associated with fear/punishment-oriented and\rdismissive God images. Also, parental attitudes were a significant predictor of\rthe image of God