The Influence of Parental Attachment on Preschooler’s Anxiety: The Mediating Effect of Parent-Child Relationship Based on SPSS Analysis

Yanrong Zhu, Yanrong Zhu, Ziying Tan, Ziying Tan, Wanxue Hu, Wanxue Hu, Jie Chen, Jie Chen

2022

Abstract

Objective: This paper aims to examine the way which parents’ own attachment style influences children’s anxiety and whether this effect is mediated by parent-child relationship. Methods: In this study, the sample consists of 478 children aged 2-6 and their parents by Convenience Sampling. SPSS was used to sort out data and conduct analysis, Process was used to verify the mediating effect. Conclusion: Parents’ early attachment experiences could significantly influence children’s anxiety, and mother-child closeness and mother-child conflict mediate this effect. Father-child closeness plays a mediating role between father’s attachment and children’s anxiety, while father-child conflict fails to play a significant mediating role between father’s attachment and children’s anxiety.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Zhu Y., Tan Z., Hu W. and Chen J. (2022). The Influence of Parental Attachment on Preschooler’s Anxiety: The Mediating Effect of Parent-Child Relationship Based on SPSS Analysis. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on New Media Development and Modernized Education - Volume 1: NMDME; ISBN 978-989-758-630-9, SciTePress, pages 520-526. DOI: 10.5220/0011914800003613

in Bibtex Style

@conference{nmdme22,
author={Yanrong Zhu and Ziying Tan and Wanxue Hu and Jie Chen},
title={The Influence of Parental Attachment on Preschooler’s Anxiety: The Mediating Effect of Parent-Child Relationship Based on SPSS Analysis},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on New Media Development and Modernized Education - Volume 1: NMDME},
year={2022},
pages={520-526},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011914800003613},
isbn={978-989-758-630-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on New Media Development and Modernized Education - Volume 1: NMDME
TI - The Influence of Parental Attachment on Preschooler’s Anxiety: The Mediating Effect of Parent-Child Relationship Based on SPSS Analysis
SN - 978-989-758-630-9
AU - Zhu Y.
AU - Tan Z.
AU - Hu W.
AU - Chen J.
PY - 2022
SP - 520
EP - 526
DO - 10.5220/0011914800003613
PB - SciTePress