Modeling the Relationships between Differentiation and Cognitive Emotion Regulation in Mothers with Children's Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Maternal Mental Health

Background: Children, like adults, experience anxiety when faced with new experiences and different situations. The present study aimed to model the relationships between differentiation and cognitive emotion regulation in mothers with children's anxiety, with the mediating role of maternal mental health.Methods: The research belonged to the category of correlation designs. The target population of the study consisted of all mothers residing in Shiraz in ۲۰۱۹. The sample in the present study consisted of ۲۰۰ mothers residing in Shiraz. The sample individuals were selected using the cluster sampling method for the research. The instruments used in the present study included the Differentiation of Self Inventory (DSI), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Garnefski’s Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, and the General Health Questionnaire. The obtained results were analyzed using the Amos test.Results: Findings indicated that the differentiation of mothers does not directly impact children's anxiety significantly (P-value=۰.۳۱۱, β=۰.۰۵۲). However, this factor does have a positive influence on mental health (P-value=۰.۰۰۰, β=۰.۴۱۱). Similarly, the cognitive regulation of mothers can be used to predict children's anxiety. The results from the table demonstrate that mental health has a direct negative effect on children's anxiety (β=-۰.۲۹۸, P-value<۰.۰۰۱). Negative strategies also contribute negatively to mental health (P-value=۰.۰۳۰, β=-۰.۱۶۹) and positively to child anxiety (P-value<۰.۰۰۱, β=۰.۸۴۷). On the other hand, positive strategies do not directly impact child anxiety significantly (P-value=۰.۹۱۶, β=۰.۰۱), but they do have a positive and significant effect on mental health (P-value<۰.۰۰۱, β=۰.۶۲۴).Conclusions: The results indicated that differentiation in mothers and positive cognitive emotion regulation strategies lead to improved maternal mental health and reduced anxiety in children. Additionally, differentiation and negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies result in increased anxiety in children and reduced maternal mental health.Background: Children, like adults, experience anxiety when faced with new experiences and different situations. The present study aimed to model the relationships between differentiation and cognitive emotion regulation in mothers with children's anxiety, with the mediating role of maternal mental health. Methods: The research belonged to the category of correlation designs. The target population of the study consisted of all mothers residing in Shiraz in ۲۰۱۹. The sample in the present study consisted of ۲۰۰ mothers residing in Shiraz. The sample individuals were selected using the cluster sampling method for the research. The instruments used in the present study included the Differentiation of Self Inventory (DSI), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Garnefski’s Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, and the General Health Questionnaire. The obtained results were analyzed using the Amos test. Results: Findings indicated that the differentiation of mothers does not directly impact children's anxiety significantly (P-value=۰.۳۱۱, β=۰.۰۵۲). However, this factor does have a positive influence on mental health (P-value=۰.۰۰۰, β=۰.۴۱۱). Similarly, the cognitive regulation of mothers can be used to predict children's anxiety. The results from the table demonstrate that mental health has a direct negative effect on children's anxiety (β=-۰.۲۹۸, P-value<۰.۰۰۱). Negative strategies also contribute negatively to mental health (P-value=۰.۰۳۰, β=-۰.۱۶۹) and positively to child anxiety (P-value<۰.۰۰۱, β=۰.۸۴۷). On the other hand, positive strategies do not directly impact child anxiety significantly (P-value=۰.۹۱۶, β=۰.۰۱), but they do have a positive and significant effect on mental health (P-value<۰.۰۰۱, β=۰.۶۲۴). Conclusions: The results indicated that differentiation in mothers and positive cognitive emotion regulation strategies lead to improved maternal mental health and reduced anxiety in children. Additionally, differentiation and negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies result in increased anxiety in children and reduced maternal mental health.

کلیدواژه ها:

Differentiation ، Cognitive emotion regulation ، Anxiety ، Mental health