Parental Educational Anxiety and Its Effects on Academic Self-Efficacy among Primary School Students in Zhejiang Province
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Xia , Lingling
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Jiang , Man
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[1] Dhurakij Pundit University. Bangkok, Thailand
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- Localización: Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología - Serie de Conferencias, ISSN-e 2953-4860, Vol. 4, Nº. 0, 2025
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Parental educational anxiety refers to the emotional distress that parents experience related to their children’s academic performance and future success. In recent years, this phenomenon has gained significant attention, where educational pressures are high in China. The objective of the research is to investigate parental educational anxiety affects the academic self-efficacy of primary school students. It surveyed 487 students along with their parents in elementary schools. Participants were collected among various schools across the Province of Zhejiang. The structured questionnaire assessing parental anxiety, psychological control, and self-efficacy was used as an instrument to collect the data. The survey measures parental educational anxiety, which was analyzed through surveys of anxiety and stress about the child's academic success. Parental psychological control is measured by over-involvement and restrictive behaviors. Parental educational anxiety (PEA), parental supportive involvement (PSI), parental confidence (PC), positive parent-child communication (PCC), academic self-efficacy (ASE), parental mental health support (PHMS), and educational workshops for parents (EWP) were all measured by the questionnaire. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is utilized to evaluate the mediating effects of variables. Additionally, ANOVA was employed to assess differences in the outcomes. The analysis revealed that higher levels of parental educational anxiety negatively affected students’ academic self-efficacy, with psychological control as a mediator. It underscores the importance of addressing parental educational anxiety to improve the ASE of primary school students in Zhejiang province.
