Overprotection as a Factor of Anxiety in Adolescents

• Published in: Revista de cercetare şi intervenţie socialǎ 2023-06, Vol.81, p.194-210
• Main Author: PROSKURNIA, Alina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescents; Anxiety; Motivation; Parent attitudes; Parents & parenting; Personality; Psychological distress; Teenagers
• ISSN: 1583-3410; 1584-5397
• DOI: 10.33788/rcis.81.12

The article aims to identify adolescent anxiety as a personal trait, one of the most dangerous consequences of an overprotective parenting style in modern conditions. The methodological basis of the study involves a set of diagnostic methods (diagnosis of parental attitudes, diagnosis of personality motivation for success, parental attitude research instrument) using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, correlation and regression analysis, and other methods of mathematical statistics. The empirical research has found that excessive care, especially in mother-dominant families, leads to pronounced overprotective. The authors of this article found a direct correlation between this parenting style and the levels of anxiety and motivation in adolescents (an inverse correlation between anxiety level and motivation for success was found). High personal anxiety was recorded in 33% of adolescents, which indicated a negative experience of suffering anxiety. The practical value of this article is due to an integrated approach to the tasks of correctional psychology, which should consider both the personal predisposition to anxiety in adolescents and their early experiences of anxiety. At the same time, educational work with parents and psychological methods to reduce adolescent anxiety are equally important. The involvement of wartime contexts in the perception of the issue raised makes this article original.