The prediction of adolescents’ anxiety based on adolescents’ perception of parents control: mediating role of metacognitive beliefs

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Malihe Abdollahi ¹
• Azam Davoodi ²

¹ Department of Psychology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.

² Department of Psychology, Sciences and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University

Abstract

The present study aimed to predict adolescents' anxiety based on their perception of parental control with regard to intermediatry role of metacognitive beliefs. The research method was correlational and statistical population consisted of all first grade high school female students of Shiraz city in school year 2018-2019. The sample of study was 211 individuals and the participants were selected using multi stage cluster sampling method. Data was collected through Schaefer Parental Styles Questionnaire (1965), Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (1997) and Children and Adolescents Metacognition Questionnaire (2004) and was analyzed using structural equation modeling. Data analysis showed that the direct effect of adolescents' perception of parental control on adolescents' anxiety is not significant. However, indirect effect of adolescents' perception of parental control on adolescents' anxiety through metacognitive beliefs is significant. Moreover, metacognitive beliefs are able to predict adolescents' anxiety directly. These findings have important research and applied implications in the field of adolescents' anxiety.

Keywords

• Adolescents' Perception of Parental Control
• Adolescents' Anxiety
• metacognitive beliefs

20.1001.1.22285516.1398.10.35.4.9

Main Subjects

• Psychological Models and Methods

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