Influence of children's disaster anxiety on their mental well-being: Focusing parental warmth and gender

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations Pub Date : 2024-09-03 DOI:10.1111/fare.13084

Changmin Yoo

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Abstract

Objective

This research analyzed the influence of children's anxiety of disaster on their life satisfaction and depression, as well as examined parental warmth's effect on this relationship.

Background

Recent disasters have been causing various anxieties. However, there are not many studies that observe the association between such anxieties related to disasters and children's psychosocial well-being.

Method

There were 2,411 children responding to questions on their disaster-related anxiety (49.8% girls, average age 12 years old). Measures evaluating children's perceptions of their disaster-related anxiety, warmth of their parents, life satisfaction, and depression were administered.

Results

The results revealed a notable association between children's disaster-related anxiety and their satisfaction. It was also observed that parental warmth partially mediated this relationship among boys, suggesting that positive parenting is related to how children's anxiety is associated with their life satisfaction. However, no significant gender differences were detected except for the path from anxiety of disaster to parental warmth.

Conclusions

This study explores the impact of children's levels of disaster-related anxiety on their life satisfaction and highlights the crucial role of parental warmth in reducing this effect.

Implications

With the negative influence of disaster-related anxiety on life satisfaction, it is important to provide various interventions that address this issue. Amid the aftermath of a disaster, appropriate psychological support and various programs should be implemented to help parents support children in coping and managing anxiety.

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儿童的灾难焦虑对其心理健康的影响：关注父母的温暖和性别

目的本研究分析了儿童对灾难的焦虑对其生活满意度和抑郁的影响，并探讨了父母的温暖对这种关系的影响。研究背景近年发生的灾难引起了人们的各种焦虑。然而，观察这些与灾难相关的焦虑与儿童心理社会福祉之间关系的研究并不多。方法共有 2,411 名儿童回答了与灾难有关的焦虑问题（49.8% 为女孩，平均年龄为 12 岁）。此外，还对儿童对灾难焦虑的看法、父母的温暖、生活满意度和抑郁程度进行了评估。结果结果显示，儿童的灾难焦虑与他们的满意度之间存在明显的关联。研究还发现，父母的温情对男孩的这种关系起到了部分中介作用，这表明父母的积极教养方式与儿童的焦虑与其生活满意度之间的关系有关。然而，除了从灾难焦虑到父母温暖的路径外，没有发现明显的性别差异。结论本研究探讨了儿童与灾害有关的焦虑水平对其生活满意度的影响，并强调了父母的温暖在减少这种影响方面的关键作用。启示鉴于灾难相关焦虑对生活满意度的负面影响，提供各种干预措施来解决这一问题非常重要。在灾难发生后，应实施适当的心理支持和各种计划，帮助父母支持儿童应对和管理焦虑。

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Family Relations Multiple-

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

13.60%

发文量

164

期刊介绍： A premier, applied journal of family studies, Family Relations is mandatory reading for family scholars and all professionals who work with families, including: family practitioners, educators, marriage and family therapists, researchers, and social policy specialists. The journal"s content emphasizes family research with implications for intervention, education, and public policy, always publishing original, innovative and interdisciplinary works with specific recommendations for practice.