Unique Roles of Mothering and Fathering in Child Anxiety; Moderation by Child's Age and Gender

Autor/inn/en	Verhoeven, Marjolein; Bogels, Susan M.; van der Bruggen, Corine C.
Titel	Unique Roles of Mothering and Fathering in Child Anxiety; Moderation by Child's Age and Gender
Quelle	In: Journal of Child and Family Studies, 21 (2012) 2, S.331-343 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1062-1024
DOI	10.1007/s10826-011-9483-y
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Students; Parent Role; Child Rearing; Parent Child Relationship; Adolescents; Anxiety; Correlation; Personal Autonomy; Gender Differences; Questionnaires; Rejection (Psychology); Mothers; Fathers; Age Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Parental role; Elternrolle; Kindererziehung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Angst; Korrelation; Individuelle Autonomie; Geschlechterkonflikt; Fragebogen; Ablehnung; Mother; Mutter; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	We examined the associations between the parenting dimensions autonomy granting, over control, and rejection and children's anxiety, in relation to parent and child gender and child age. Elementary school-aged children (n = 179, M[subscript age] = 10.27, SD = 1.30), adolescents (n = 127, M[subscript age] = 15.02, SD = 1.54) and both their parents completed questionnaires on parenting and children's anxiety. Parenting was more strongly related to child anxiety in elementary school children than in adolescents. Maternal over control was uniquely related to elementary school-aged children's anxiety whereas paternal over control was more important during adolescence. Opposite to our expectations, we found higher levels of parental autonomy granting to be related to higher levels of anxiety for younger elementary school-aged children (age less than 10). For adolescents, the association between paternal over control and anxiety was stronger for older adolescents (age greater than 15), with higher levels of over control related to higher levels of anxiety. For both elementary school-aged children and adolescents, the associations between parenting and child anxiety did not differ as a function of the child's gender. If we are to understand the associations between parenting and children's anxiety, it is important to distinguish parental autonomy granting from parental over control and to consider the role of parent gender and the age of the child. (Contains 3 figures and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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