%0 Journal Article %A TONG Lian %A XU Yi %A YAN Qiong %T Study on the associations between parenting stress and anxiety symptoms among urban preschoolers %D 2020 %R 10.11852/zgetbjzz2019-1129 %J Chinese Journal of Child Health Care %P 563-566 %V 28 %N 5 %X Objective To know about the levels of parenting stress and anxiety symptoms in preschoolers, and to explore the associations between them. Methods A total of 1107 children aged 3 to 6 years were recruited from 3 kindergartens in urban areas by convenient cluster sampling in June 2017, and their parents were asked to fill out the questionnaire. The anxiety symptoms were assessed by Spence Preschool Anxiety Scale, and the parenting stress were assessed by short version of Parenting Stress Index 4/PST-4-SF. Results The overall prevalence of anxiety symptoms in preschoolers was 3. 3%(34/1 107). The prevalence of generalized anxiety symptoms, social anxiety symptoms and separation anxiety symptoms in preschoolers were 3. 1%, 3. 7% and 3. 1%. Parenting stresses with positive anxiety symptoms in preschoolers were significantly higher than those with negative anxiety symptoms(P<0. 01). Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that the parental distress and difficult child were positively correlated with the level of anxiety symptoms in preschoolers (B=-0. 17,-0. 46, P<0. 01). The less cost in children under 3 years old, the higher level of anxiety symptoms in children would be(B=-1. 14,P=0. 01). On the contrary, the higher the cost after three years of age, the more anxiety symptoms in children (B=1. 19, P=0. 02). Conclusion Parenting stress and family's costs on children in different age stages have significantly positive association with children's anxiety symptoms. %U https://manu41.magtech.com.cn/Jwk_zgetbjzz/EN/10.11852/zgetbjzz2019-1129