Association study between anxiety and family environment as well as psychological resilience among adolescents

CONG En-zhao; WU Yan; XU Yi-feng

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2019-0059

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2019, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (9) : 990-993. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2019-0059

Association study between anxiety and family environment as well as psychological resilience among adolescents

CONG En-zhao, WU Yan, XU Yi-feng

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Objectives To explore the association between the family environment and anxiety among adolescents. Methods A multi-stage stratified sampling procedure was used to select 3 230 students from a middle school in Xinxiang city,Henan Province in China from 2014 to 2016. Participants completed self-designed general characteristics questionnaire,Screen for Anxiety Related Disorder(SCARED),Chinese Version of Family Environment Scale(FES-CV),and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale(CD-RISC) adapted for the Chinese adolescents population. Multiple Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the independent effects of family environment and function on anxiety mood of adolescents. Results 1) Totally 2 906 valid questionnaires were collected,and 1 071(36.9%) students had anxious mood. 2) Whether mother work outside in another city or not was significantly related to anxiety of the adolescents(χ²=5.066,P=0.026). 3) The cohesion(OR=0.906,95%CI:0.856-0.959) and entertainment(OR=0.935,95%CI:0.896-0.975) in the family environment factors were protective factors of anxiety mood in adolescents,while the confliction(OR=1.128,95%CI:1.078-1.181) and control factor(OR=1.064,95%CI:1.016-1.115) in the family environment were risk factors of anxiety mood in adolescents. 4) Resilience(OR=0.939,95%CI:0.914-0.964),adaptive ability of changing(OR=0.856,95%CI:0.817-0.896) in psychological resilience were protective facters of anxiety mood in adolescents. And tolerating negative emotions was the risk factor of adolescent anxiety(OR=1.047,95%CI:1.010-1.085). Conclusions Higher family cohesion and household entertainment might be protective factors for adolescent anxiety. Longer exposure to negative emotions increases the risk of anxiety. On the contrary,improving resilience and adaptive ability of changing could decrease the risk of anxiety of adolescents.

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anxiety in adolescents / cohesion / family economy / resilience

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CONG En-zhao, WU Yan, XU Yi-feng. Association study between anxiety and family environment as well as psychological resilience among adolescents[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2019, 27(9): 990-993 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2019-0059

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