The Effect of Pre-Service Teachers’ Family Adaptation on Anxiety: A Moderated Mediating Effect

Xuejiao Li, Xiangli Guan (), Jingjing Wang, Yaqi Zhang, Miqi Ma, Tong Pu, Mary C. Jobe and Md Zahir Ahmed ()
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Xuejiao Li: School of Education Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Xiangli Guan: School of Teacher Education, Yuxi Normal University, Yuxi 653100, China
Jingjing Wang: School of Teacher Education, Yuxi Normal University, Yuxi 653100, China
Yaqi Zhang: School of Teacher Education, Yuxi Normal University, Yuxi 653100, China
Miqi Ma: School of Teacher Education, Yuxi Normal University, Yuxi 653100, China
Tong Pu: School of Mathematics and Information, Yuxi Normal University, Yuxi 653100, China
Mary C. Jobe: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
Md Zahir Ahmed: School of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-12

Abstract: This study aimed to examine the effects of family adaptation on anxiety, and the role of Zhongyong thinking style and intentional self-regulation in this association. A hypothetical model of the relationship between family adaptation, Zhongyong thinking style, intentional self-regulation, and anxiety was tested. A convenience sampling method was used to survey 1192 pre-service teachers in Yunnan Province on a self-report scale. Data were collected using the Family Adaptability Scale, the Zhongyong Thinking Style Scale, the Adolescent Intentional Self-Regulation Questionnaire, and the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale. The results show significant positive correlations among the three variables of family adaptation, Zhongyong thinking style and intentional self-regulation, and significant negative correlations with anxiety, respectively. Pre-service teachers’ family adaptation had a direct positive predictive effect on anxiety, which in turn indirectly predicted anxiety through the mediating effect of the Zhongyong thinking style, and individuals’ intentional self-regulation had a moderating effect of family adaptation on the Zhongyong thinking style. This study shows how family adaptation affects pre-service teachers’ anxiety; the results of this study also help to demonstrate the academic value of family adaptation and Zhongyong thinking style in optimally reducing pre-service teachers’ anxiety, and thus promoting good psychological status.

Keywords: family adaptation; Zhongyong thinking style; intentional self-regulation; pre-service teachers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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