Patterns of Anxiety in Korean Families with Elementary School Children: Associations with Anxiety Control Beliefs and Parenting Behavior

Young Mi Kim (김영미); Hana Song (송하나)

doi:10.35574/KJDP.2024.3.37.1.79

Patterns of Anxiety in Korean Families with Elementary School Children: Associations with Anxiety Control Beliefs and Parenting Behavior

THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
2024, 37(1), pp.79~95
DOI : 10.35574/KJDP.2024.3.37.1.79
Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science
Received : October 15, 2023
Accepted : February 15, 2024
Published : March 15, 2024

¹Department of Child and Family Counseling, Gukje Cyber University
²Department of Child Psychology and Education-Convergence for Social Innovation, Sungkyunkwan University

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to identify whether unique anxiety profiles in school-age children and parents exist, and to determine whether these profiles differ from each other based on anxiety control beliefs (ACB) and parenting behavior. A total of 265 children (C) in grades 4 to 6 and their mother (M) and father (F) participated in this study. Latent profile analysis (LPA) revealed three anxiety profiles: (1) C high-MF mid profile, (2) CMF low profile, and (3) F high-CM mid profile. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) showed profile differences except for mother’s negative behavior. It is suggested that children’s cognitive vulnerability and parenting behaviors were likely to aggravate anxiety issues within a family contexts.

KEYWORDS

Parental Anxiety, Child Anxiety, Anxiety Control Beliefs, Parenting Behavior, Latent Profile Analysis

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