A Study On The Relationship Between Maternal Anxiety About Parenting And Children's Mental Health

Anxiety is a normal emotional state for everyone,and parenting anxiety is the nervousness and over-sensitivity of the caregiver to all aspects of the child's life,including learning.Parenting anxiety is not solely influenced by a single factor,but may also be influenced by the nursery,the environment,the child and other aspects of the mother's anxiety.In previous studies,when investigating mothers' childcare anxiety,they focused more on the cause analysis of the mother ' s anxiety.Researchers examined the impact of mothers' parenting styles and mental health on young children,and has focused on maternal anxiety and children's mental health at primary and secondary levels.Therefore,it is important to investigate the impact of mothers' parenting anxiety on the mental health of young children aged 3-6 years old,and to propose some recommendations and measures to help them grow up mentally healthy.This research mainly used the questionnaire survey method,which aimed at 230 children and their mothers,analyzed the relationship between childcare anxiety and children's mental health.The results of the study are as follows:(1)Mother's parenting anxiety is at a medium level,the development of various dimensions of parenting anxiety is unbalanced.There is a significant positive correlation between mother's parenting anxiety and child's gender,age,family structure,and whether or not to work abroad.(2)Child's basic mental health status is not very optimistic.The seven dimensions of mental health have significant differences in scores.The mental health of young children differs in the four demographic variables of gender,age,family structure,and whether or not to work abroad.There is a positive correlation between mother's parenting anxiety and their children's mental health.Mother's parenting anxiety can predict the development of child's mental health to some extent.In response to the above research results,this research mainly puts forward the following suggestions:(1)at the societal level:kindergartens can increase their attention to parents' and children's emotions and provide assistance;the relevant authorities can take appropriate measures to monitor the child education market.(2)at the family level: parents share the responsibility of raising children and reasonably divide the workload;communicate with grandparents and negotiate childcare.(3)Parental level: learn to accept imperfect children as well as imperfect parents;adapt educational methods in line with the times;take a dialectical view of scientific parenting methods and take charge of one's own general direction.