The Relationship Between Mothers' Optimism and Children's Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Mothers' Psychological Resilience

dc.contributor.author Polat, Pinar
dc.date.accessioned 2026-01-15T15:03:45Z
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dc.date.issued 2025
dc.description.abstract This study aimed to investigate the relationships between mothers' optimism, psychological resilience, and children's anxiety, focusing on the mediating role of psychological resilience in T & uuml;rkiye. Using a cross-sectional design, data were collected from 394 mothers with children aged 4-6 through an online survey. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data. The findings indicated a positive association between mothers' optimism and psychological resilience, and a negative association between psychological resilience and children's anxiety levels. Moreover, psychological resilience served as a mediator, indicating that mothers' optimism indirectly reduced children's anxiety by increasing psychological resilience. These findings highlight the protective role of maternal resilience in reducing children's anxiety and suggest that interventions aimed at strengthening mothers' resilience may contribute to improving children's emotional well-being. en_US
dc.identifier.doi 10.1007/s12144-025-08712-z
dc.identifier.issn 1046-1310
dc.identifier.issn 1936-4733
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dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08712-z
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12514/10172
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Springer en_US
dc.relation.ispartof Current Psychology en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
dc.subject Anxiety en_US
dc.subject Mediation en_US
dc.subject Optimism en_US
dc.subject Preschool Children en_US
dc.subject Psychological Resilience en_US
dc.title The Relationship Between Mothers' Optimism and Children's Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Mothers' Psychological Resilience en_US
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gdc.description.department Artuklu University en_US
gdc.description.departmenttemp [Polat, Pinar] Mardin Artuklu Univ, Mardin, Turkiye en_US
gdc.description.issue 1 en_US
gdc.description.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
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gdc.description.volume 45 en_US
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