The Influence of Parental Rearing Styles on Test Anxiety among Junior High School Students: The Mediating Role of Self-dealing Styles

This study aims to explore the influence mechanism of parenting styles on test anxiety among junior high school students and verify the mediating role of self-coping styles. Through a questionnaire survey of 551 junior high school students in a certain middle school, it was found that the emotional warmth dimension of parenting styles was negatively correlated with test anxiety, while the overprotection dimension and rejection dimension were positively correlated with test anxiety; secondly, self-coping styles played a partial mediating role between the two. The research indicates that in family education, emotional support and the cultivation of positive coping abilities should be emphasized to reduce the test anxiety level of junior high school students. Future research needs to further verify the stability of the mediating mechanism by combining longitudinal design and multi-dimensional variables.