Parental Education Anxiety and Investment in Summer Enrichment Programs: Factors and Strategies for Balance

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10.2991/978-2-38476-128-9_26How to use a DOI?

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Education anxiety; Summer enrichment programs; Fromm's theory of sense of belonging

Abstract

Study aims to explore the factors influencing parental education anxiety when choosing summer enrichment programs and analyze its relationship with the amount of parental educational investment, in order to reduce parental education anxiety. Against the backdrop of parents being eager to enroll their children in summer programs and investing heavily, the study employs Fromm's theory of sense of belonging to delve into the factors affecting parental anxiety. To achieve this research objective, data was collected through a questionnaire survey to quantitatively understand the level of parental education anxiety and its relationship with the amount of educational investment. The study links parental education anxiety with the investment in summer enrichment programs and examines their mutual impact. The experimental results demonstrate that parental education anxiety is influenced by multiple factors, including academic achievement anxiety, social comparison pressure, education investment anxiety, and family status and identity. Furthermore, it was found that there is a positive correlation between the amount of parental educational investment and their level of education anxiety, indicating that the greater the investment, the higher the anxiety. Additionally, based on the mediation model, academic achievement pressure and social comparison pressure play a mediating role in their relationship. To address the issues behind this phenomenon, several coping strategies are proposed, such as providing appropriate educational resources, improving the school learning environment, offering counseling and support, etc., to assist parents in developing reasonable expectations for their children's education and alleviating education anxiety.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xinyao Zou
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/10/15
TI  - Parental Education Anxiety and Investment in Summer Enrichment Programs: Factors and Strategies for Balance
BT  - Proceedings of the 2023 3rd International Conference on Modern Educational Technology and Social Sciences (ICMETSS 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 214
EP  - 231
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-128-9_26
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-128-9_26
ID  - Zou2023
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