Marital Quality, Family Patterns, and Children's Fears and Social Anxiety |
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Authors: | Ora Peleg-Popko Reuven Dar |
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Institution: | (1) University of Haifa, Faculty of Education, Mt. Carmel, 31905, Israel;(2) Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel |
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Abstract: | This study examined relationships among marital quality, family patterns, and children's fears, and social anxiety. Two types of family patterns were studied, adaptability and cohesion. Mothers of children aged 5–6, drawn from kindergartens in northern Israel, completed Hebrew versions of the ENRICH scale (abridged, for marital quality), FACES-III (adaptability and cohesion), the FSSC-R (fears), and the SASC-R (social anxiety). Family cohesion was negatively correlated with marital quality and positively correlated with children's social anxiety. Marital quality and family adaptability were inversely related to specific children's fears. Children's social anxiety was highly correlated with specific fears. These findings suggest that children from rigid, fused families or low quality marriages may be at risk for high levels of fears and social anxiety. |
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Keywords: | marital quality family adaptability family cohesion social anxiety fears |
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