Temperament and anxiety of children in childcare centre: child-parent relationship as mediator

The present study was conducted to determine the relationships between child temperament and anxiety with child-parent relationship as mediator among children in childcare centers in Selangor, Malaysia. A total of 319 mothers with children aged between 3 to 6 years old were participated in the study...

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Main Authors: Low, Biam Hong, Arshat, Zarinah, Yaacob, Siti Nor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Center for Promoting Ideas 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22697/
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Arshat, Zarinah
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description The present study was conducted to determine the relationships between child temperament and anxiety with child-parent relationship as mediator among children in childcare centers in Selangor, Malaysia. A total of 319 mothers with children aged between 3 to 6 years old were participated in the study. The findings revealed that both child’s sociability and close child-parent relationship had significant negative relationship with child’s anxiety symptom. Emotional children had significant higher levels of child’s anxiety symptom. Closeness child-parent relationship was fully mediated in child emotionality with anxiety and also child sociability with anxiety.
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spelling upm-226972020-03-05T06:37:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22697/ Temperament and anxiety of children in childcare centre: child-parent relationship as mediator Low, Biam Hong Arshat, Zarinah Yaacob, Siti Nor The present study was conducted to determine the relationships between child temperament and anxiety with child-parent relationship as mediator among children in childcare centers in Selangor, Malaysia. A total of 319 mothers with children aged between 3 to 6 years old were participated in the study. The findings revealed that both child’s sociability and close child-parent relationship had significant negative relationship with child’s anxiety symptom. Emotional children had significant higher levels of child’s anxiety symptom. Closeness child-parent relationship was fully mediated in child emotionality with anxiety and also child sociability with anxiety. Center for Promoting Ideas 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22697/1/Temperament%20and%20anxiety%20of%20children%20in%20childcare%20centre%20child-parent%20relationship%20as%20mediator.pdf Low, Biam Hong and Arshat, Zarinah and Yaacob, Siti Nor (2018) Temperament and anxiety of children in childcare centre: child-parent relationship as mediator. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 8 (5). pp. 79-86. ISSN 2220-8488; ESSN: 2221-0989 https://www.ijhssnet.com/journal/index/4127 10.30845/ijhss.v8n5a9
spellingShingle Low, Biam Hong
Arshat, Zarinah
Yaacob, Siti Nor
Temperament and anxiety of children in childcare centre: child-parent relationship as mediator
title Temperament and anxiety of children in childcare centre: child-parent relationship as mediator
title_full Temperament and anxiety of children in childcare centre: child-parent relationship as mediator
title_fullStr Temperament and anxiety of children in childcare centre: child-parent relationship as mediator
title_full_unstemmed Temperament and anxiety of children in childcare centre: child-parent relationship as mediator
title_short Temperament and anxiety of children in childcare centre: child-parent relationship as mediator
title_sort temperament and anxiety of children in childcare centre: child-parent relationship as mediator
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