Title:
Ethnicity and ethnic identity in the relation between parenting behaviors and anxiety in an ethnically diverse college sample
Author:
Alicia A. Sharma
Thesis Advisor:
Rachel L. Grover
Committee Member:
Adanna J. Johnson-Evans
Committee Member:
Matthew W. Kirkhart
Committee Member:
Amanda M. Thomas
Committee Member:
Jason M. Prenoveau
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2016
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
born digital
Abstract:
College students are in a transitional developmental phase where they face unique challenges that may make them more prone to psychological distress, particularly anxiety. The current study sought to further explore one of the many possible etiological factors of anxiety: parenting behavior. High levels of parental involvement, high levels of parental protection, and low levels of parental care have been associated with negative mental health outcomes in emerging adults including anxiety, but these relations may depend upon ethnic group membership and ethnic identity. The goal of the present study was to explore the possible moderating roles of ethnicity and ethnic identity in the associations between perceived parenting behaviors (involvement, protection, and care) and anxiety in a sample of diverse college students. A total of 171 college students (43 Asian Americans, 57 African Americans, and 71 European Americans) completed an online self-report questionnaire measuring levels of perceived parental involvement, perceived parental protection, perceived parental care, ethnic identity, and anxiety. Results revealed that perceived parental involvement was significantly and positively correlated with anxiety; perceived parental protection was significantly and positively correlated with anxiety; and perceived parental care was significantly and negatively correlated with anxiety. However, ethnicity and ethnic identity did not moderate these relations. There were significant ethnic group differences in levels of parental protection, parental care, and ethnic identity. Independent of parenting behaviors, ethnic identity predicted anxiety for African American students. Taken together, results from the current study suggest that parenting behaviors during childhood should be considered when assessing and treating anxiety in college students across ethnic groups. The current findings also suggest that additional research regarding parenting behaviors and anxiety should continue to consider ethnicity and ethnic identity, with the aim of providing culturally sensitive and relevant interventions for anxiety in diverse college students.
Subject:
Electronic dissertations
Degree:
Doctor of Clinical Psychology
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Psychology
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Identifier:
SharmaAA-16
