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24-07-2023 | Original Paper

The Transmission of Anxiety from Mothers to Adolescents in Rural China: The Protective Roles of Father-Child Attachment Security and Friend Support

Auteurs: Jinxia Zhao, Zhen Li, Meifang Wang

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 1/2024

Abstract

There is evidence that anxiety is transmitted across generations. However, little is known about this issue in rural Chinese families and the factors that could buffer this transmission. Using cross-sectional data of 642 mother-child dyads in families with a migrating father and non-migrant families from Chinese rural areas, we examined the transmission of anxiety from mothers to adolescents and the protective roles of father-child attachment security and friend support in this association. Adolescents reported on their attachment security to fathers, friend support, and anxiety, and mothers self-reported on maternal anxiety. We used hierarchical regression analyses to evaluate the moderating roles of father-child attachment security and friend support in the intergenerational transmission of anxiety. The results provided evidence of the cross-generational transmission of anxiety in rural Chinese families and supported the hypothesis that the protective effects of father-child attachment security and friend support in the transmission of anxiety vary between the two types of families. Father-child attachment security buffered the transmission of anxiety from mothers to adolescents among non-migrant families, and friend support buffered this transmission among families with a migrating father. These findings broadened our understanding of the factors and processes that account for intergenerational continuity and discontinuity in anxiety in rural China.

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Titel: The Transmission of Anxiety from Mothers to Adolescents in Rural China: The Protective Roles of Father-Child Attachment Security and Friend Support
Auteurs: Jinxia Zhao
Zhen Li
Meifang Wang
Publicatiedatum: 24-07-2023
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 1/2024
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-023-02632-x

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