Research On Relationship Among Parenting Styles,Theory Of Mind And Social Anxiety Of Adolescents

During the adolescence,physical and mental unbalanced development of adolescents which impair the development of individual interpersonal relationships,affect individual academic performance and reduce individual well-being.When social anxiety becomes more severe,it also predicts the development of social phobia.According to the Triadic Reciprocal Determinism,parenting style as an individual’s external development,and theory of mind as an individual’s social cognition,both of which are closely related to social anxiety.In order to explore the relationship between them,in this study,the number of 368 students were investigated by means of Parental Bonding Instrument,Faux Pas Recognition,and Social Avoidance and Distress Scale.The following findings were made.(1)Adolescents’ social anxiety is generally lower than the middle level.The social anxiety and theory of mind of girls score higher than boys,And has no significant differences in parenting styles.There were no significant differences among social anxiety,theory of mind and parenting style in age.There was no significant difference in social anxiety and theory of mind for only children,but only children scored higher than others between maternal care and paternal care in parenting style.(2)Parental care,parental encouragement,parental control negatively predicted adolescents’ social anxiety,and parental control positively predicted adolescents’ social anxiety.(3)Maternal care directly and positively predicted theory of mind.Paternal control directly and negatively predicted theory of mind.Maternal control,paternal care and parental encouragement can’t predict theory of mind.(4)Theory of mind plays a part mediating role among maternal care and social avoidance,social distress,social avoidance and distress.Conclusion: Parental care and parental encouragement negatively predict social anxiety,parental control and theory of mind positively predict social anxiety.Theory of mind played a partially mediating role among maternal care and social avoidance,social distress,social avoidance and distress.In order to reduce the social anxiety in adolescents,the following suggestions were made:parents should give more caring,understanding,and encouraging to adolescents;schools should provide relevant courses for social problems;and individuals should be helped to understand themselves correctly and avoid negative evaluations.