ERIC Number: EJ977127
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Oct
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Symptoms of Anxiety and Associated Risk and Protective Factors in Young Asian American Children
Huang, Keng-Yen; Cheng, Sabrina; Calzada, Esther; Brotman, Laurie Miller
Child Psychiatry and Human Development, v43 n5 p761-774 Oct 2012
Anxiety is one of the most prevalent mental health problems in young children but there has been a dearth of studies focusing on Asian American children. This study examines the patterns and the predictors of childhood anxiety and related symptoms in young children in a diverse Asian American (ASA) sample (n = 101). Findings indicate that ASA children are at higher risk for anxiety, somatization, and depressive problems than their peers. Parents' level of acculturation (i.e., American identity, English competence), parental negative emotion socialization, conflicted parent-child relationship, child emotional knowledge and adaptive skills, as well as teachers' ethnic background and school class types were all associated with ASA children's anxiety. A combination of cultural, family, and school factors explained from 17 to 39% of the variance in anxiety symptoms. Findings inform prevention services for young ASA children.
Descriptors: Acculturation, Young Children, Parent Child Relationship, Asian Americans, North Americans, Anxiety, Child Development, Mental Health, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Emotional Response, Ethnicity, Prevention, Teacher Educators, Cultural Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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