Psychological Development and Education ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 76-83.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2021.01.10

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Effects of Family Function on Pre-schoolers' Problem Behaviors: The Sequential Mediating Effects of Attachment Avoidance and Social Anxiety

WANG Yingjie, LI Yan, WU Fan   

  1. College of Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234
  • Published:2021-01-22

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Abstract: This study adopted a longitudinal research design, 192 kindergarten children from two public kindergartens in Shanghai participated in a tracking survey which lasted one and a half years, investigated the association between family function and preschool children's behavior problems, and the mediating effects of attachment avoidance and social anxiety. The results showed that:(1) there are significant relations among family function, attachment avoidance, social anxiety and child behavioral problems;(2) family function can significantly negative predict children's behavioral problems;(3) attachment avoidance and social anxiety have an independent mediating effect between family function and behavior problems;(4) attachment avoidance and social anxiety have a serial mediating effect between family function and behavior problems. The results further reveal the internal mechanism between family function and preschool children's behavior problems.

Key words: family function, attachment avoidance, social anxiety, problem behaviors, pre-schoolers

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  • B844
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