Preschoolers and anxiety: The effect of parental characteristics

IF 1.6 Q2 NURSING
Maria Kadoglou, Eftychia Tziaka, Maria Samakouri, Aspasia Serdari
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Abstract

Problem

Anxiety is a common phenomenon among children that can lead to adverse developmental outcomes. A challenging parent–child relationship and its characteristics may negatively impact the development of a child's internalizing problems. However, theoretical models on children's anxiety have not fully emphasized the contribution of parenting and environmental factors. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore the possible correlations between parenting styles and other parental characteristics with children's anxiety.

Methods

The sample consisted of 443 parents of preschool children who completed the Parenting Styles and Dimension Questionnaire and the Child Behavior Checklist 1.5–5. The univariate analysis included differences between demographic groups, assessed with independent sample t-tests. Associations between demographic evidence and child anxiety were estimated using χ2 tests. Binomial logistic regression analysis assessed the most important parenting characteristics contributing to a child's anxiety.

Findings

A total of 24.6% of the children had borderline or clinical symptoms of anxiety. Parents whose children were anxious were more permissive than parents of nonanxious children (p < 0.001). Mothers were more authoritative compared to fathers. In addition, permissive parenting style increased the probability of a child's anxiety and maternal permissive style emerged as a significant predictor of anxiety in preschoolers (p < 0.003).

Conclusions

This study revealed that the permissive parenting style is associated with anxiety in preschool children. Furthermore, the maternal permissive style was identified as a predictor of anxiety. Future research may address its causal effect on anxiety and other behavioral problems, focusing on multiple perspective relationships and cultural dimensions.

学龄前儿童与焦虑:父母特征的影响。
问题:焦虑是儿童中的一种常见现象,可导致不良的发展结果。具有挑战性的亲子关系及其特点可能会对儿童内化问题的发展产生负面影响。然而,有关儿童焦虑的理论模型并未充分强调亲子关系和环境因素的作用。因此,本研究旨在探讨养育方式及其他父母特征与儿童焦虑之间可能存在的相关性:样本包括 443 位学龄前儿童的家长,他们填写了《养育方式和维度问卷》和《儿童行为检查表 1.5-5》。人口统计学证据与儿童焦虑之间的关联采用 χ2 检验进行估计。二项式逻辑回归分析评估了导致儿童焦虑的最重要的养育特征:共有 24.6% 的儿童有边缘或临床焦虑症状。与非焦虑儿童的父母相比,子女焦虑的父母更放任子女的行为(p 结论:该研究显示,放任子女焦虑的父母比不放任子女焦虑的父母更放任子女的行为:这项研究表明,放任型教养方式与学龄前儿童的焦虑有关。此外,还发现母亲的放任风格是焦虑的一个预测因素。未来的研究可能会关注多角度关系和文化维度,探讨其对焦虑和其他行为问题的因果影响。
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CiteScore
2.90
自引率
6.70%
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期刊介绍: Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing (JCAPN) is the only nursing journal to focus exclusively on issues of child and adolescent mental health around the world. As a primary resource for nurses and other healthcare professionals in clinical practice, educator roles, and those conducting research in mental health and psychiatric care, the journal includes peer-reviewed, original articles from a wide range of contributors in a broad variety of settings.
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