Longitudinal predictions of children's math anxiety from parent-child relationships

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2021.102016

Explanation

This study was a longitudinal study that tested the effects of father-child and mother-child relationships on children's math anxiety.

The sample consisted of 287 elementary school students who reported father-child, mother-child relationships, and math anxiety at two time points one year apart.

Family cohesion was used as a measure of parent-child relationship, and cross-lagged models showed that the father-child relationship, but not the mother-child relationship, predicted children's math anxiety even after controlling for the child's gender, age, learning anxiety, and social anxiety.

The results of this study underscore the importance of the father-son relationship in children's math anxiety.