Akiyoshi Shimura1, Yoshikazu Takaesu2, Yukiei Nakai3, Akiko Murakoshi4, Yasuyuki Ono4, Yasunori Matsumoto4, Ichiro Kusumi3, Takeshi Inoue4. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan; Tobu Chuo Hospital, 28-1 Honcho, Wakou-shi, Saitama 351-0114, Japan. 2. Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. Electronic address: esu-yosh@tokyo-med.ac.jp. 3. Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15, West 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan. 4. Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The association between trait anxiety and parental bonding has been suggested. However, the mechanism remains uncertain and there is no study focused on general adult population. We investigated the association and the mechanism between childhood parental bonding and adulthood trait anxiety in the general adult population. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional retrospective survey was conducted in 2014 with 853 adult volunteers from the general population. The Parental Bonding Instrument, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form Y (STAI-Y) were self-administered. Structural equation modelling was used for the analysis. RESULTS: Childhood parental bonding affected adulthood trait anxiety indirectly mediated by self-esteem. Trait anxiety was decreased by parental care and increased by parental overprotection through self-esteem. This model explained 51.1% of the variability in STAI-Y trait anxiety scores. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests an important role of self-esteem as a mediator between childhood parental bonding and adulthood trait anxiety.
INTRODUCTION: The association between trait anxiety and parental bonding has been suggested. However, the mechanism remains uncertain and there is no study focused on general adult population. We investigated the association and the mechanism between childhood parental bonding and adulthood trait anxiety in the general adult population. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional retrospective survey was conducted in 2014 with 853 adult volunteers from the general population. The Parental Bonding Instrument, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form Y (STAI-Y) were self-administered. Structural equation modelling was used for the analysis. RESULTS: Childhood parental bonding affected adulthood trait anxiety indirectly mediated by self-esteem. Trait anxiety was decreased by parental care and increased by parental overprotection through self-esteem. This model explained 51.1% of the variability in STAI-Y trait anxiety scores. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests an important role of self-esteem as a mediator between childhood parental bonding and adulthood trait anxiety.
Authors: Vânia Meira Siqueira-Campos; Mariana Siqueira Campos De Deus; Larissa Arbués Carneiro; Alessandra Vitorino Naghettini; Maria Amélia Dias Pereira; José Miguel De Deus; Délio Marques Conde Journal: Biomed Res Int Date: 2021-07-13 Impact factor: 3.411