Parental Rearing, Attachment, and Social Anxiety in Chinese Adolescents

Mothander, Pia Risholm; Wang, Mo

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“…In addition, some SAD individuals recall their parents being less warm, as well as more rejecting, critical, and shaming, in comparison to healthy controls (Arrindel et al, 1983; Bandelow et al, 2004; Bruch & Heimberg, 1994), and these parental attributes have been associated with higher social anxiety symptoms (Anhalt & Morris, 2008; Caster et al, 1999; Festa & Ginsburg, 2011; Knappe et al, 2012; Knappe, Lieb et al, 2009; Mothander & Wang, 2014; Rudoph & Zimmer-Gembeck, 2014; Spokas & Heimberg, 2009). Consistent with these findings, an observational study found that parents of SAD children provided less positive feedback and more negative feedback compared to parents of non-anxious children during a collaborative task (Hummell & Gross, 2001), and lower parental emotional warmth has been found to predict higher persistence of SAD (Knappe, Beedso et al, 2009).…”

Section: Parenting Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Environmental Factors in the Aetiology of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Review of the Theoretical and Empirical Literature

Norton

Abbott

2017

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Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterised by a marked and persistent fear of social/performance situations, and a number of key environmental factors have been implicated in the aetiology of the disorder. Hence, the current article reviews theoretical and empirical evidence linking the development of SAD with parenting factors, traumatic life events, and aversive social experiences. Specifically, research suggests that the risk of developing SAD is increased by over-controlling, critical and cold parenting, an insecure attachment style, aversive social/peer experiences, emotional maltreatment, and to a lesser extent other forms of childhood maltreatment and adversity. Moreover, these factors may lead to posttraumatic reactions, distorted negative self-imagery, and internalised shame-based schemas that subsequently maintain SAD symptomatology. However, further research is necessary to clarify the nature, interactions, and relative contributions of these factors. It is likely that SAD develops via a complex interplay of biological and environmental factors, and that multiple aetiological pathways underlie the development of the disorder.

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Section: Parenting Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Environmental Factors in the Aetiology of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Review of the Theoretical and Empirical Literature

Norton

Abbott

2017

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“…Existing studies have found that the internal and external factors of individuals are the two main aspects causing their social anxiety (G. Liu, Pan, Li, Meng, & Zhang, 2017; Mothander & Wang, 2014; X. Zhao, Zhang, Chen, & Zhou, 2014).…”

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Effect of Parent–Child Attachment on College Students’ Social Anxiety: A Moderated Mediation Model

Liu

Song

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Psychol Rep

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This study investigated the relationship between parent–child attachment and social anxiety in college students, as well as the mediating role of psychological resilience and the moderating role of online social support. In total, 614 college students were recruited by the cluster sampling method. The results showed that (1) parent–child attachment was negatively correlated with college students’ social anxiety and positively correlated with their psychological resilience, (2) psychological resilience played a mediating role between parent–child attachment and college students’ social anxiety, and (3) online social support regulated the first half and second half of the mediation process in which parent–child attachment affected college students’ social anxiety through psychological resilience. These findings revealed the mechanism of parent–child attachment affecting social anxiety, which had important theoretical and empirical value for enhancing the strength of college students’ psychological resilience and alleviating social anxiety.

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“…Besides the genetic factors ( Hettema et al, 2005 ), the factors such as information processing, parental rearing and modeling, family functioning can also influence the children’s social anxiety (e.g., Bögels et al, 2011 ). In addition, mounting studies investigated the relationship between children’s social anxiety and parental rearing ( Bögels et al, 2011 ; Mothander and Wang, 2014 ).…”

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The Relationship between Parenting Styles and Adolescents’ Social Anxiety in Migrant Families: A Study in Guangdong, China

Ran

et al. 2017

Front. Psychol.

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Previous studies indicated that parenting styles were important influencing factors for the development of children’s well-being. It is known that mass migration to the cities in China will affect family relations. However, few studies focused on the relationship between parenting styles and adolescents’ mental health in migrant families. Thus, this study aimed to investigate how parenting styles could affect adolescent’s social anxiety in migrant families. A total number of 1,345 adolescents in migrant families from four non-government-funded junior middle schools in Guangdong province formed the research sample. Parenting styles were measured using short-form of the Egna Minnen Beträffande Uppfostran, and social anxiety was evaluated using Social Anxiety Subscale of Self-Consciousness Scale. The results showed that emotional warmth, overprotection and rejection were significantly more often perceived from mothers than from fathers. Significant group differences between high social anxiety group and low social anxiety group were found in both father’s rearing styles and mother’s rearing styles. Furthermore, in migrant families, paternal emotional warmth could decrease adolescents’ social anxiety, whereas maternal overprotection could increase it.

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Parental Rearing, Attachment, and Social Anxiety in Chinese Adolescents

Cited by 24 publications

References 30 publications

The Role of Environmental Factors in the Aetiology of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Review of the Theoretical and Empirical Literature

The Role of Environmental Factors in the Aetiology of Social Anxiety Disorder: A Review of the Theoretical and Empirical Literature

Effect of Parent–Child Attachment on College Students’ Social Anxiety: A Moderated Mediation Model

The Relationship between Parenting Styles and Adolescents’ Social Anxiety in Migrant Families: A Study in Guangdong, China

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