Self-Reported Fears as Indicators of Young Children’s Well-Being in Societal Change: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Taimalu, Merle; Lahikainen, Anja Riitta; Korhonen, Piia; Kraav, Inger

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“…Fear decreased with age and is higher in girls than boys. Single parenthood consistently increased the two types of fears, consistent with studies indicating that the increase number of divorce in Estonia as in Finland were a cause of children fears increase over a 10 years period[ 18 ].…”

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“…Some fears seems to be universal whether some other are very much context dependent including exposure to media. Finally the family composition and some socio economic factors influence fears, as assessed both qualitatively as quantitatively [ 18 ]. The role of socio demographic and socio economic factors on children fears was also established in a child British survey as low social class children have a greater propensity to some fears than high social class children [ 19 ] as it was on a Turkish survey where education level and family income was related to overall fear level[ 17 ]…”

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The association between car accident fatalities and children’s fears: A study in seven EU countries

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Children’s fear of a car accident occurring to parents or themselves has been used as a concrete example to illustrate one of the symptoms of anxiety disorders such as separation anxiety and generalized anxiety. However, its usage across countries may be questionable where the prevalence of this specific type of injury differs. This cross-sectional study compares samples from seven diverse European countries (Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Romania, Turkey) to see if an environmental exposure, car accident death rate per 100,000 people (country-wide from WHO data), is associated with children’s self-report of car accident fears. In this study, 6–11 year-old children were surveyed by a diagnostic instrument (Dominic Interactive) about several situations and asked if they believed they were similar to a fictional child depicted in said situations. Mothers were surveyed for additional sociodemographic information. Multivariable logistic regression was used to adjust for covariates including mother’s age, mother’s education, single parenting, and mother’s professional inactivity. We report a monotonic relationship between higher car accident death rates and the prevalence of children reporting fear of parent’s or own accident. Relative to a reference of 3.9 deaths per 100,000 people, children’s odds of reporting fear of parent’s accident ranged from 1.99 (95% CI 1.51–2.61) times to 4.84 (95% CI 3.68–6.37) times as the risk of death by car accident increased across countries. A similar result arose from fear of child’s own accident, with significant ORs ranging from 1.91 (95% CI 1.53–2.40) to 2.68 (95% CI 2.07–3.47) alongside increased death rates. Given that reporting of these fears accompanies correspondingly high accident death rates, the pertinence of using fear of car accidents as an illustration for some diagnostic item for mental disorders cross-nationally appears to be an issue.

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The association between car accident fatalities and children’s fears: A study in seven EU countries

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“…Second, the study relied only on a sample of Italian children from middle-class families. Research examining the relationship betweenc socioeconomic status (SES) and fear has documented that children and adolescents of lower SES report greater fear than peers from middle or upper SES (Taimalu, Lahikainen, Korhonen, & Kraav, 2007). Third, the present understanding of fear experiences needs to be increased using instruments which measure the construct in broader terms, using different psychological measures (multi-method) or different perspectives (multiple-informants; Ollendick & King, 1994a, 1994bOllendick, et al, 2002;King, et al, 2005King, et al, , 2006.…”

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The Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised: Normative Developmental Data in Italy

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The aim of the study was to explore children's fear content. Using the Italian Fear Survey Schedule for Children, an Italian-language version of Ollendick's Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised (1983), the study assessed the reliability of the survey and reported intensity, prevalence, and content of fears in children aged six to 10 years, using this questionnaire. 1,845 school children (931 girls, 914 boys; M age=8.3 yr., SD=1.4) were asked to complete the survey, indicating what they thought were their fears, and the intensity of those fears. Sex and age differences were also examined. Girls endorsed significantly higher fearfulness than did boys. Few age differences were found, with seven-year-olds appearing more fearful than 10- to 11-year-old children. Results were interpreted in relation to developmental changes. Cross-national comparisons were discussed.

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“…It is a mood rather than a clinical disorder, and it is chartable in this study. Anxiety also arises from protean social change, which requires the young person's exploration and adaptation to the environment (Taimalu, Lahikainen, Korhonen, & Kraav, 2006 ). This exploration and adaptation, in terms of behaviour and cognition, are likely to prevent anxiety (Marcussen, 2006 ).…”

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Career unreadiness in relation to anxiety and authoritarian parenting among undergraduates

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2014

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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Career unreadiness, covering career indecision and career myth, is an issue for universities to address. Supposedly, career unreadiness is responsible for the university student's anxiety and partly results from authoritarian parenting during the student's childhood. This is an uncharted concern for this study to clarify. The study surveyed 229 undergraduates in two universities in Hong Kong, China. It employed structural equation modelling to clarify nexuses among career unreadiness, authoritarian parenting and anxiety, after minimising their measurement errors. Career unreadiness mediated the negative effect of authoritarian parenting on anxiety. Nevertheless, authoritarian parenting still maintained a negative direct effect on anxiety, after controlling for career unreadiness. The findings imply that reducing undergraduates' career unreadiness is justifiable to prevent their anxiety. Such a reduction would benefit from neutralising the demands of authoritarian parenting. More fundamentally, diverting authoritarian parenting is advisable.

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Self-Reported Fears as Indicators of Young Children’s Well-Being in Societal Change: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Abstract: children, comparative, fear, social change, well-being,

Cited by 12 publications

References 45 publications

The association between car accident fatalities and children’s fears: A study in seven EU countries

The association between car accident fatalities and children’s fears: A study in seven EU countries

The Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised: Normative Developmental Data in Italy

Career unreadiness in relation to anxiety and authoritarian parenting among undergraduates

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