Associations between overprotective parenting style and academic anxiety among Chinese high school students

BMC Psychology

Table 3 Direct, indirect, and total effects of the hypothesized model

Model pathways	Estimated effect (β)	Boot SE		95% CI
Model pathways	Estimated effect (β)	Boot SE		Lower	Upper
Direct effect
Overprotective parenting style →Academic anxiety	0.749	0.011		0.726	0.729
Indirect effects
Overprotective parenting style →Self-concept→Academic anxiety	0.065***	0.008	7.656%	0.051	0.080
Overprotective parenting style →Positive coping style →Academic anxiety	0.016***	0.003	1.885%	0.011	0.022
Overprotective parenting style→Self-concept→Positive coping style →Academic anxiety	0.019***	0.003	2.238%	0.014	0.025
Total effect	0.848***	0.005		0.838	0.858

Note. Overprotective parenting style as a predictor variable. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001

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