Proneness to Anxiety among Middle School Students: A Mediating Roles of Emotion Expression
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Background: Adolescent anxiety is a serious psychological problem that causes a constant feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities. They affect the way a teen thinks, feels, and behaves, and can cause emotional, functional, and physical problems.
Aims: The study aimed at assess the anxiety level and its relationship with mediating role (emotional expression) in Nasiriyah City/ Iraq.
Methods: The correlational investigation was carried out on 492 students who were simple randomly selected from different middle schools. The questionnaire's dependability was established through a pilot study, and it was subsequently presented to experts for validation. The information was collected through the use of self-report techniques and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical analysis.
Results: The age 13 and 14 years old and each for them (33.5%), the female students were predominated (58.3%), the first stage students were records the highest percentage (37.2%), (49%) of students expressed a high level of anxiety, majority of (94.7%) expressed poor emotional expression. There is highly significant correlation (positive) between emotional expression with regard to anxiety (r=0.332; p=0.000).
Conclusion: Middle schools students expressed a high level of anxiety due to lack schools mental health programs. Mental health counseling need to be set up in schools and to provide professional counselors to prevent serious anxiety for students and need to reduce students’ academic pressure.
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