The Study of Children's Anxiety Levels in Respect of Age, Sex, Socioeconomic Levels and The State of Family Division

Abstract

This study was planned to determine whether variables such as age, sex, socio-economic level and state of family division have an effect on the anxiety levels of children. The study was carried out on three hundred children attending the fourth and fifth grades of elementary schools chosen from socioeconomically poor, medium and wealthy levels in Ankara city center. In order to obtain information about the children with a personal questionnaire, “situationel anxiety” and “continuous anxiety" inventories were used to measure the anxiety created by situations of pressure. The statistical results indicated that while variables such as age, sex and socioeconomic level had no impact on the children’s anxiety levels (p>0.05), the variable of the state of family division created important differences (p<0.01).