Parental educational practices in relation to children's anxiety disorder-related behavior

Mellon, Robert C.; Moutavelis, Adrianos G.

doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.04.003

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“…Higher anxiety was expressed in students perceiving higher authoritarian and permissive parenting styles. This trend was stronger in boys, which confirms research indicating that over-controlling, rejecting, over-protective, and concerned parenting is associated with higher anxiety (Ballash et al, 2006;Bogels et al, 2006;Gungor & Bornstein, 2010;Mellon & Moutavelis, 2011). The authoritative parenting style correlated only with anxiety about social evaluation in general, but in girls, students perceiving authoritative parenting style also had lower school anxiety in general, which confirm previous results indicating the role of warmth, consistent discipline and monitoring in reducing anxiety (Ajilchi, 2013;Chapell & Overton, 1998;Jafari et al, 2016;).…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Sagar and Lavalle (2010) showed that fear of failure was predicted in adolescent athletes (ages 13-14 years) by parental punitive behavior, controlling behavior, and high expectations for achievement. Also, Mellon and Moutavelis (2011) indicated that in 9 to12 years old students, the highest scores of generalized anxiety were obtained from adolescents with both aversive controlling and non-responsive parents.…”

Section: Parenting Style and School Anxietymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…There is a large body of research that associates anxiety with family causes, such as over-control, over-protection, negativity, non-response and rejection (Ballash et al, 2006;Bogels & BrechmanToussaint, 2006;Bruggen, Stams, & Bogels, 2008;Letcher et al, 2012;McLeod et al, 2007;Mellon & Moutavelis, 2011;Sagar & Lavalle, 2010). Parents of anxious children are over-controlling, express excessive regulation of children's activities and/or routines, high levels of parental vigilance and intrusion, and discourage independent problem-solving (Bogels & Brechman-Toussaint, 2006); parents are also over-protective and concerned (Pereira, Barros, Mendonc, & Muris, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Perceived Parenting Styles and School Anxiety in Preadolescents

Butnaru

2016

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Abstract:The goal of this study was to test the relationship between perceived authoritative, authoritarian and permissive parenting styles and school anxiety (anxiety about aggression, about social evaluation and about school failure). A Romanian sample of 182 students (93 girls), enrolled in 5 th to 8 th grade in two secondary schools from rural areas, completed self-report measures assessing school anxiety and perception of parenting styles. Results indicated a predominance of authoritative parenting style and a moderate level of school anxiety. The highest mean score in school anxiety was in school failure. Gender differences were found in school anxiety, but not in parenting styles. Grade level differences were found in anxiety about school failure and in perceived parenting styles. Preadolescents whose parents expressed prevailing authoritarian and permissive styles had higher levels of school anxiety. Gender differences were found for the relationship between parenting styles and school anxiety. Implications of results in parental education field are discussed.UDC Classification: 37.06 DOI: http://dx

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Perceived Parenting Styles and School Anxiety in Preadolescents

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2016

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“…Last but not least, additional variables should be considered to better understand anxiety symptoms in adolescence. Recently, parenting styles and relationship with parents emerged as two meaningful variables for the understanding of anxiety symptoms in adolescence (Mellon and Moutavelis 2011). Both an authoritative parenting style and warmth and supportive parenting were linked to lower levels of child's psychological distress (Quach and Harnek Hall 2013).…”

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A Comparison of Anxiety Symptoms in Community-Based Chinese and Italian Adolescents

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Anxiety symptoms are one of the most common diseases in youth worldwide. However, there is still scant literature on the role that cross-cultural factors may play in the expression and development of anxiety. Our study is aimed to compare anxiety symptoms in community based Chinese and Italian adolescents using the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS). In addition to the SCAS, the 3416 adolescents (13-18 years old) involved in the study, filled in the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ). A multi-group factor analysis confirmed the adequacy of a 6-factor inter-correlated model across the countries. Results supported the convergent validity between the SCAS and the internalizing behaviours and the divergent validity between the SCAS and the externalizing problems, as measured by the SDQ. Chinese adolescents reported higher anxiety symptoms than Italian ones and girls scored higher than boys. No age differences were found. In addition, a comparison between the current research and previous studies conducted in China and Italy was carried out, showing few significant differences among the studies concerning the Italian samples. However, our Chinese adolescents reported greater anxiety symptoms compared to previous studies. Results support the use of the SCAS as a potentially valuable tool for assessing anxiety symptoms in both countries. The discussion highlighted the importance to consider cultural, as well as subcultural issues as to promote the understanding and prevention of anxiety symptoms in adolescence.

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“…To our knowledge, this is the first community-based study directly comparing associations of parenting with SP to other anxiety disorders in adolescent offspring. Probably due to the high comorbidity and because studies diverge in assessment tools as well as in considering broad (i.e., more general) dimensions of parenting vs. particular parenting practices, evidence from direct comparisons among subjects with other anxiety or depressive disorders is limited (Alnaes & Torgersen, 1999;Mellon & Moutavelis, 2011;Stark, Humphrey, Crook, & Lewis, 1990). Based upon prior studies in clinical and convenience samples, Rapee (1997) concluded that broad dimensions of parenting such as control and rejection may be specifically associated with anxiety and depression, respectively.…”

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confidence: 99%