Temperament and Anxiety of Children in Childcare Centre: Child-Parent Relationship as Mediator
Low Biam Hong, Dr. Zarinah Arshat, Dr. Siti Nor Yaacob

Abstract
The present study was conducted to determine the relationships between child temperament and anxiety with child-parent relationship as mediator among children in childcare centers in Selangor, Malaysia. A total of 319 mothers with children aged between 3 to 6 years old were participated in the study. The findings revealed that both child’s sociability and close child-parent relationship had significant negative relationship with child’s anxiety symptom. Emotional children had significant higher levels of child’s anxiety symptom. Closeness child-parent relationship was fully mediated in child emotionality with anxiety and also child sociability with anxiety.

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