<p>School anxiety is among the most common attendance problems in childhood and one of the main causes of school absenteeism. This emotional response is linked to other non-specific reactions, such as school-based distress. However, in Spain, there are no studies analyzing the relationship between different forms of school anxiety and school-based distress. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between school anxiety profiles and school-based distress in a sample of Spanish Primary School children. A sample of 660 Spanish students aged 8–11 years <i>(M</i> = 10.04, <i>SD</i> = 1.37) was recruited through cluster sampling. The results revealed positive and statistically significant relationships between school anxiety and school-based distress. Latent profile analysis (LPA) revealed four profiles of school anxiety (Low, Moderate-Low, Moderate-High, and High School Anxiety). The MANOVA results confirmed that students with high school anxiety obtained higher scores in the different sources of school-based distress. The conclusions advocate the planning and development of psychoeducational actions adapted to the pattern of anxiogenic reactivity and the sources of stress in Spanish Primary School students.</p>

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Profiles of school anxiety response and differences in stress factors in Spanish Primary Education students

  • Cándido J. Ingles,
  • María Isabel Gómez-Núñez,
  • José Manuel García-Fernández

摘要

School anxiety is among the most common attendance problems in childhood and one of the main causes of school absenteeism. This emotional response is linked to other non-specific reactions, such as school-based distress. However, in Spain, there are no studies analyzing the relationship between different forms of school anxiety and school-based distress. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between school anxiety profiles and school-based distress in a sample of Spanish Primary School children. A sample of 660 Spanish students aged 8–11 years (M = 10.04, SD = 1.37) was recruited through cluster sampling. The results revealed positive and statistically significant relationships between school anxiety and school-based distress. Latent profile analysis (LPA) revealed four profiles of school anxiety (Low, Moderate-Low, Moderate-High, and High School Anxiety). The MANOVA results confirmed that students with high school anxiety obtained higher scores in the different sources of school-based distress. The conclusions advocate the planning and development of psychoeducational actions adapted to the pattern of anxiogenic reactivity and the sources of stress in Spanish Primary School students.