Citation

Kohlmann CW, Schumacher A, Streit R. Anxiety Research 1988; 1(1): 53-64.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10615808808248220

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Based on central assumptions of the social support literature and on formulations concerning the construction of competence and consequence expectancies, a model for the interaction of maternal and paternal child-rearing behavior in the development of children's trait anxiety is presented. Hypotheses concerning this model are tested empirically; 160 boys and 169 girls (aged 12?14 years) responded to the ?Erziehungsstil-Inventar? (?Child-Rearing Inventory?), which serves as a measure of child-rearing styles as perceived by the child, as well as to a German adaptation of the ?State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children?. General relations between the variables were analyzed by means of product-moment correlations, whereas moderator effects, specifically, were subjected to analyses of variance. Trait anxiety was mainly associated with parental inconsistency. Predicted interactions of maternal and paternal child-rearing behavior could be partly confirmed.