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Abstract Stuttering is a disruption in the normal patterns of speech where repeated communicative difficulties can have a negative influence on the lives of children who stutter (McAllister, 2016). The presence of stuttering has been shown to result in elevated levels of anxiety in children. Childhood anxiety has been associated with various environmental factors, including parenting styles. Models describing development and maintenance of childhood anxiety disorders have highlighted the central role of parental behaviors as parents play a considerable role in shaping children’s emotional health. Each of the parenting styles has different effects on children. Permissive parenting style has been found to promote the development of social and performance anxieties more than other parenting styles (Sahithya & Raman, 2020). The aim of the study was to: The present study was carried out to assess the relationship between parenting style and anxiety in children with stuttering Research Questions:- 1. What are the styles of parenting for children with stuttering? 2. What is the level of anxiety of children with stuttering? 3. What is a relationship between parenting styles and anxiety level of children with stuttering? Research design: - A descriptive co-relational design was utilized to achieve the aim of the study.Research setting: - This study was conducted in outpatient clinics at Menoufia University Hospital and outpatient clinics in Tanta University Hospital. Subjects: A purposive sample of 50 children who will have the following criteria:- 1. Free from aphasia or deafness. 2. Free from history of psychiatric diseases because it may lead to anxiety and will bias the results. 3. Free from history of neurological problems because it may lead to anxiety and will bias the results. 4. Age ranges from 3-6 years. Data Collection Instruments:- These Instruments were used for data collection (1) A structured interviewing questionnaire: The questionnaire was developed by the researcher to assess socio demographic characteristics of the subjects. (2) Parental Style Questionnaire (PSQ):- It was developed by Robinson, Mandleco, Olsen & Hart, (1995). PSQ is one of the most widely used questionnaires for assessing parent perception of parenting styles with their children (authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive). It was translated into Arabic and valided by the researcher and back to English by the researcher.(3) Spence Children Anxiety Scale (2001) The scale developed by Spence (2001). It was used to assess anxiety level in children. It was translated into Arabic and valided by the researcher and back to English by the researcher. The main findings of the study revealed the following: The mean age of the studied children was4.08±0.94 and ranged from 3- 6years. More than half of parents of studied children (56%) are used authoritative style. The majority of the studied children had moderate anxiety level. There was a significant relationship between parenting style and number of sibling and birth order. There was a significant relationship between parenting style and educational level of fathers and mothers, age of mothers and job of mothers and family income. There was a significant relationship between anxiety level of studied children and sex of studied children and with whom do they live. There was a significant relationship between anxiety level of studied children and educational level of fathers and family income, relation between fathers and mothers. There was a significant relationship between anxiety level of studied children and parenting style.Based on the findings of the current study, it can be concluded that: There was positive correlation between total anxiety level of studied children and Authoritarian parenting style. A negative correlation between total anxiety level of studied children and Authoritative parenting style was found. Based on the findings of the present study, the following recommendations were suggested: 1- Increasing public awareness about importance of pre-marital examination to prevent genetic disease. 2- Developing program for educating parents on the different parenting styles, and the effect of each style on child rearing especially those with stuttering. 3- Increasing public awareness about management of psychological consequences of stuttering especially anxiety symptoms among children. 4- Increasing the community awareness about the needs and problems of children, how to adjust with it and to make an appropriate referral and the available community mental health services. In further research: 1. Replication of the study using a larger sample in different correctional settings for further confirmation and generalization of the results. |