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The relationship between personality androgyny, ego strength and mothers' thematic relationships with child anxiety: the mediating role of meta-emotions
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Mahnaz Ahmadzadeh   , Ali Khademi , Fanaz Farshbaf |
| Department of Psychology, Psychology Research Center, Ur.C., Islamic Azad University, Urmia, Iran , Ali.khademi@iau.ac.ir |
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Introduction: Anxiety is one of the most common psychological disorders in children, and some characteristics of mothers, can contribute to its formation. therefore the aim of this research was to determine the relationship between personality androgyny, ego strength and mothers' thematic relationships with child anxiety with the mediating role of meta-emotions.
Method: The descriptive research method was correlation by structural equation modeling method. The statistical population of the present study, was all mothers of children with anxiety symptoms who referred to child counseling centers in Tehran (4 centers) in the summer of 2023. The sample size of 267 people was selected by voluntary sampling (Because mothers who volunteered to participate in the research) and answered to Spence parent form anxiety(2001), Bashart's Ego strength (2015), Thematic relations Bell et al. (1986), Mitmansgruber et al. Metaemotions (2009) and Bem short form of gender role (1981). Then, the proposed model was analyzed through structural equation modeling.
Results: The mothers' androgyny had a significant direct (β = -0.21 and p = 0.001), indirect effect with the mediation of positive emotions (β = 0.0341 and p = 0.035) on child anxiety. Thematic relations of mothers have a direct effect (β = 0.288 and p = 0.001), indirect with the mediation of positive meta-emotions (β = -0.080 and p < 0.001) and indirect with the mediation of negative meta-emotions (β = 0.029) and p=0.039) was significant on the child's anxiety. The strength of mothers has a direct effect (β=-0.228 and p=0.001), indirect with the mediation of positive meta-emotions (β=-0.214 and p<0.001) and indirect with the mediation of negative meta-emotions (-0.081) β = and p = 0.001) was significant on the child's anxiety.
Conclusion: The structural model of the research has a favorable fit with the research data, and this is an important step towards understanding the role of mothers' psychological characteristics in child anxiety. In this regard, in order to modulate children's anxiety, educational and therapeutic programs can be provided for mothers with androgenicity and low ego strength, unresolved thematic relationships, and negative metaemotions, in accordance with these findings. |
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| Keywords: Androgyny of personality, ego strength, relationship anxiety, metaemotions, child, mother |
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Received: 2024/12/16 | Accepted: 2025/06/28 | Published: 2025/08/1
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