Dexian Li1, Wencan Li2, Xin Lin3,*, Xingchen Zhu4,*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.27, No.1, pp. 1-17, 2025, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2024.058744
- 31 January 2025
Abstract Background: The phenomenon of academic anxiety has been demonstrated to exert a considerable influence on students’ academic engagement, leading to the emergence of a phenomenon known as “learned helplessness” and undermining the self-confidence and motivation of high school students. Using acceptance-rejection theory, this study elucidated how a rejective parenting style affects Chinese high school students’ academic anxiety and explored the urban-rural heterogeneity of this relationship. Methods: Data were analyzed using a stratified whole-cluster random sampling method. There are a total of 30,000 high school students in the three regions of northern and central China (from… More >