Department of Applied Psychology, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong.
Wofoo Joseph Lee Consulting and Counselling Psychology Research Centre, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong.
J Youth Adolesc. 2020 Jan;49(1):299-310. doi: 10.1007/s10964-019-01103-1. Epub 2019 Aug 17.
Theoretical models and empirical studies of anxiety have predominately focused on the main effects of various predictors such as executive functioning deficits on anxiety. This study examined the moderating role of parental demandingness in the relationship between executive functioning deficits and anxiety in children. Ninety children (46.67% female) aged from 9 to 14 years completed several executive functioning tasks and a measure of anxiety. Parental demandingness was rated based on an observation of parent-child interactions. The children completed the anxiety measure again at one-year follow-up. The results showed that parental demandingness significantly moderated the prospective relationship between executive functioning deficits and anxiety, such that the association between executive functioning deficits and anxiety in children was weaker when parental demandingness was lower. These findings suggest that low parental demandingness may serve as a protective factor that buffers the detrimental effects of executive functioning deficits on anxiety.
焦虑的理论模型和实证研究主要集中在各种预测因素（如执行功能缺陷）对焦虑的主要影响上。本研究考察了父母要求在执行功能缺陷与儿童焦虑之间的关系中的调节作用。90 名儿童（46.67%为女性）年龄在 9 至 14 岁之间，完成了几项执行功能任务和焦虑测量。根据对亲子互动的观察来评估父母的要求。儿童在一年后的随访中再次完成焦虑测量。结果表明，父母要求显著调节了执行功能缺陷与焦虑之间的前瞻性关系，即当父母要求较低时，儿童执行功能缺陷与焦虑之间的关联较弱。这些发现表明，父母要求较低可能是一种保护因素，可以缓冲执行功能缺陷对焦虑的不利影响。
