Factors Influencing Adolescent Anxiety: The Roles of Mothers, Teachers and Peers

Xin Chen, Mengge Li, Huoliang Gong, Zekun Zhang and Wei Wang
Additional contact information
Xin Chen: School of Psychology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
Mengge Li: School of Psychology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
Huoliang Gong: School of Psychology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
Zekun Zhang: School of Psychology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China
Wei Wang: School of Psychology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 24, 1-15

Abstract: Grounded in social–ecological system theory, the present study tested the mediating effects of maternal psychological flexibility and mother–adolescent attachment on the relationship between maternal adult attachment and adolescent anxiety as well as the moderating effects of teacher support and peer support on the relationship between mother–adolescent attachment and adolescent anxiety. In total, 1139 Chinese mothers and adolescents completed a set of questionnaires, including the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale, Parental Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire, Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment, Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. The results revealed that maternal adult attachment had a positive impact on adolescent anxiety. The relationship between maternal adult attachment and adolescent anxiety was chain mediated by maternal psychological flexibility and mother–adolescent attachment. In addition, teacher support and peer support had moderating effects on the relationship between mother–adolescent attachment and adolescent anxiety. These findings support the systematic social ecosystem perspective and highlight the differences in the effects of different maternal adult attachment styles, teacher support, and peer support on adolescent anxiety.

Keywords: adult attachment; psychological flexibility; adolescent anxiety; teacher support; peer support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/24/13234/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/24/13234/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:24:p:13234-:d:703243

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().