THE IMPACT OF ANXIOUS AND NON-ANXIOUS PARENTS ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN
Anxiety disorders are characterized by excessive and persistent anxiety or fear and are associated with a range of behavioral disturbances. Most parents experience anxiety from time to time, parenting anxiety can affect the quality of their life or their child’s life. The regulation of emotions an...
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| Language: | English |
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Institute for Human Rehabilitation
2023-09-01
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| Series: | Human Research in Rehabilitation |
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| Online Access: | https://human.ba/wpdm-package/full-text-276/?ind=1694427436727&filename=Article-17.pdf&wpdmdl=2026&refresh=64fefcbf8f4971694432447 |
| Summary: | Anxiety disorders are characterized by excessive and persistent anxiety or fear and are associated with a range
of behavioral disturbances. Most parents experience anxiety from time to time, parenting anxiety can affect the
quality of their life or their child’s life. The regulation of emotions and behavior is crucial to the healthy early
development of children, where they interact with the environment to adjust emotions, cope with frustrations
and stress. Parents who are depressed and out of tune with their child’s needs and emotions leave the child
unsupported, left to manage their own anger, sadness, and fear, and are left to their own immature repertoire
of behaviors. To make a comparative analysis of the impact of anxiety on the mental health of children of
anxious and non-anxious parents.A cross-sectional transfer analytic study was conducted. 300 students were
analyzed, in the territory of Gostivar, as well as their parents. “Psychometric properties of the Screen for Child
Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders” (SCARED) - child version was used to examine anxiety in children, and
it measures it in 4 domains (panic, separation anxiety, generalized anxiety and school phobia).A statistically
significant difference was confirmed in the distribution of students without anxiety, with possible anxiety
disorder, and with anxiety disorder, between parents with and without anxiety (p<0.0001). Anxious parents
more often than parents who did not manifest anxiety have children with a possible anxiety disorder and with
a convincing result for anxiety disorderconsequently. Anxious parents significantly more often than parents
without anxiety had children with panic disorder.Regardless of children’s specific symptoms, anxiety can have
a negative effect on their thoughts, emotions, and physical health.Anxiety runs in families, with recent analysis
showing that children of anxious parents are twice as likely to have anxiety problems than children of nonanxious parents. The results of the research showed a significant impact of parents’ anxiety on children’s health. |
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| ISSN: | 2232-9935 2232-996X |