Parental rejection and generalized anxiety disorder in early adolescents: the mediating role of alexithymia

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dc.abstract.enThe aim of this study is to extend our knowledge of the possible association between (maternal and paternal) parental rejection and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms in early adolescence by investigating the possible mediating role of alexithymia. A sample of Italian early adolescents (N = 234; Mage: 11.86, SD = 0.93; 47% male) was recruited from several schools in northwestern Italy. Participants completed an anonymous self-report questionnaire that included information on experience of parental rejection, alexithymia, and GAD symptoms. Our results show an association between parental rejection (both maternal and paternal) and GAD symptoms. Furthermore, the data show that alexithymia tends to mediate the relationship between maternal/paternal rejection and GAD. In this sense, parental rejection is associated with an increase in alexithymic symptoms, which in turn is associated with an increase in GAD symptoms in early adolescents. Limitations of the research and practical implications are discussed.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Warszawie
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorFabris, Matteo Angelo
dc.contributor.authorLongobardi, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorZdankiewicz-Ścigała, Elżbieta
dc.contributor.authorŚcigała, Dawid Konrad
dc.date.access2025-05-30
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-02T12:10:20Z
dc.date.available2025-06-02T12:10:20Z
dc.date.created2025-05-16
dc.date.issued2025-05-30
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.physical1-13
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume16
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1511983
dc.identifier.eissn1664-1078
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1487
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1511983/full
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enpaternal rejection
dc.subject.engeneralized anxiety disorder
dc.subject.enalexithymia
dc.subject.enearly adolescence
dc.subject.enmaternal rejection
dc.swps.sciencecloudsend
dc.titleParental rejection and generalized anxiety disorder in early adolescents: the mediating role of alexithymia
dc.title.journalFrontiers in Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle