Parents' generalized and separation anxieties and early adolescents' anxiety disorders: The mediating role of overparenting

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI:10.1111/fare.13203

Yosi Yaffe

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Abstract

Objective

The study probes the role played by overparenting in the relationship between parent's and child's anxiety in early adolescents.

Background

Overparenting is manifested by developmentally inappropriate controlling parental practices, normally studied in the context of young adulthood, whereas its role in the etiology of children's anxiety has been given less empirical attention.

Method

The study consists of 278 parents (144 mothers, 134 fathers) with a mean age of 42.89 ± 4.15 years, each having at least one adolescent child aged 10–14.

Results

The results showed a strong association between the parent's generalized anxiety and the child's anxiety, which was partially mediated by paternal separation anxiety. Also, parental separation anxiety was associated with elevated overparenting practices among both mothers and fathers, but its relationship with the child's anxiety varied across parental gender. In this regard, the association between maternal separation anxiety and the child's anxiety was fully mediated by maternal overparenting.

Conclusion

The study sheds more light on this mechanism by underpinning the parental gender-based role of overparenting practices in the association between parent–child anxiety.

Implications

The findings highlight the importance of considering parent-gender-based factors in family therapy, particularly in the context of adolescent anxiety.

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父母广泛性、分离性焦虑与青少年早期焦虑障碍：过度养育的中介作用

目的探讨过度教养在青少年早期父母焦虑与子女焦虑关系中的作用。过度养育表现为发育不适当的控制父母行为，通常在青年成年的背景下进行研究，而其在儿童焦虑病因学中的作用却很少得到实证关注。方法研究对象为278对父母，其中母亲144人，父亲134人，平均年龄42.89±4.15岁，每对父母至少有一名10-14岁的青少年子女。结果父母的广泛性焦虑与孩子的焦虑有较强的相关性，其中父亲的分离焦虑起到了部分中介作用。此外，父母分离焦虑与父母过度养育行为的增加有关，但其与孩子焦虑的关系因父母性别而异。在这方面，母亲的分离焦虑和孩子的焦虑之间的关联是完全介导的母亲的过度养育。结论本研究通过支持父母过度养育行为在亲子焦虑关系中的性别角色，进一步阐明了这一机制。研究结果强调了在家庭治疗中考虑父母性别因素的重要性，特别是在青少年焦虑的背景下。

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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.