Do children of overprotecting parents suffer more from anxiety?
It is not rare to see children having the same emotional difficulties as adults, sometimes their fragile characters are prone to be exposed to stress, depression, and anxiety. When that happens we wonder what caused it. Parents blame themselves, or the environmental causes such as the school, the amount of homework, teachers approach on certain situations, and also the friends these children associate themselves with.
Overview
My research will focus on young women from the age of eight to twelve, residing in the city of Great Falls, suffering from anxiety. The anxiety will be measured by using HAM-A (Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale). At the end of the school year questionnaires …show more content…
In this study our independent variables is going to be parenting styles, and the dependent variable will be child anxiety.
Heading into this research I expected that the data would show that overprotective parents increased anxiety levels in their children.
Overprotecting parents deny the youth the opportunity to experience reasonable amount of risk and responsibility. An overprotecting parent is: not allowing your child to walk to school alone or in pairs, not allowing sleepovers, restrict playdates, riding bicycles on street. Anxiety, fear and stress, the children are left unprepared to transition into adulthood and independent leaving.
Parenting is a significant contributor. Concerned parents may avoid putting their shy children in situations that make them uncomfortable. But singing along in music class and playing pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey at a classmate 's birthday party help children learn how to cope with those uncomfortable situations. When parents are overprotective, children miss out on opportunities to practice regulating feelings of shyness, increasing the risk for anxiety, Weir …show more content…
Children of parents with anxiety disorders are more likely to develop anxiety problems than are children of parents without clinical levels of anxiety. In addition, studies have also demonstrated that parents— particularly, mothers—of children diagnosed with anxiety disorders suffer from a higher prevalence of anxiety disorders compared to parents of non-anxious children” (Cooper et al. 2006). The transmission of anxiety from parents to children can be explained by a variety of factors, including biological vulnerability, exposure to adverse life events and chronic stress, and different types of learning
It is not rare to see children having the same emotional difficulties as adults, sometimes their fragile characters are prone to be exposed to stress, depression, and anxiety. When that happens we wonder what caused it. Parents blame themselves, or the environmental causes such as the school, the amount of homework, teachers approach on certain situations, and also the friends these children associate themselves with.
Overview
My research will focus on young women from the age of eight to twelve, residing in the city of Great Falls, suffering from anxiety. The anxiety will be measured by using HAM-A (Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale). At the end of the school year questionnaires …show more content…
In this study our independent variables is going to be parenting styles, and the dependent variable will be child anxiety.
Heading into this research I expected that the data would show that overprotective parents increased anxiety levels in their children.
Overprotecting parents deny the youth the opportunity to experience reasonable amount of risk and responsibility. An overprotecting parent is: not allowing your child to walk to school alone or in pairs, not allowing sleepovers, restrict playdates, riding bicycles on street. Anxiety, fear and stress, the children are left unprepared to transition into adulthood and independent leaving.
Parenting is a significant contributor. Concerned parents may avoid putting their shy children in situations that make them uncomfortable. But singing along in music class and playing pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey at a classmate 's birthday party help children learn how to cope with those uncomfortable situations. When parents are overprotective, children miss out on opportunities to practice regulating feelings of shyness, increasing the risk for anxiety, Weir …show more content…
Children of parents with anxiety disorders are more likely to develop anxiety problems than are children of parents without clinical levels of anxiety. In addition, studies have also demonstrated that parents— particularly, mothers—of children diagnosed with anxiety disorders suffer from a higher prevalence of anxiety disorders compared to parents of non-anxious children” (Cooper et al. 2006). The transmission of anxiety from parents to children can be explained by a variety of factors, including biological vulnerability, exposure to adverse life events and chronic stress, and different types of learning