Background and Objectives: The goal of the present research is to study the relationship between the demographic variables (educational level, employment of mothers and child gender) and the level of anxiety among children 5 to 6 years old.
Methods: This cross-sectional study in 1394, over 1,000 employment parents of preschool children in Qazvin that children aged 5-6 years old were selected by cluster sampling was performed. Spence Preschool Anxiety Scale for data collection was used. Data were analyzed with Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficient.
Results: The results showed that the employment of mothers had significant relationship and social phobia, but there was no significant relationship with other anxiety disorders (01/0> P, 05/0> P), there was a significant relationship between sex and a score of specific phobias, between mother's education level and score generalized anxiety, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive, specific phobias, separation anxiety and post-traumatic stress there is no significant relationship was observed.
Conclusion: In general, the results showed that the employment of mothers has a significant role in the level of anxiety among children.
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