Research has shown that anxiety in adolescents has a negative impact on a wide range of psychosocial variables, including academic performance. This study explored the role of parental emotional expressivity during conflict interactions with their children as a potential moderator of the relationship between anxiety symptomatology and academic performance in adolescents. The sample consisted of 54 adolescents and both of their parents, who were videotaped while discussing a conflict. The adolescents’ anxious symptomatology was evaluated through a self‐report questionnaire, while their academic performance was operationalized by using their grade point average. The total duration of the parents’ emotional expressivity (both positive and negative affect) was obtained after being encoded. The results indicated that both the positive and negative affect of mothers served to moderate the relationship between the adolescents’ anxiety symptomatology and academic performance. However, such association was only moderated when the mothers presented moderate/high levels of negative affect or low/moderate levels of positive affect. Paternal emotional expressivity, on the other hand, was found not to be associated with their children's academic performance. These results point to the importance of developing parental intervention guidelines that help to raise awareness of the impact of emotional expression when interacting with their children.

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青少年的焦虑症状和学业表现：父母情感表达在冲突互动中的作用

研究表明，青少年的焦虑对广泛的社会心理变量（包括学业成绩）产生负面影响。这项研究探讨了父母情绪表达在与孩子的冲突互动中的作用，作为潜在的调节者，其在青少年的焦虑症状与学业表现之间存在关系。样本由54位青少年及其父母组成，他们在讨论冲突时进行了录像。通过自我报告调查表评估了青少年的焦虑症状，而他们的学业成绩则通过平均学分来进行操作。父母的情感表达的总持续时间（积极和消极的影响）是在编码后获得的。结果表明，母亲的积极和消极影响都有助于缓解青少年焦虑症状与学业成绩之间的关系。但是，只有当母亲表现出中等/高水平的负面影响或低/中等水平的正面影响时，这种关联才被缓解。另一方面，发现父亲的情感表达与孩子的学业成绩无关。这些结果表明，制定家长干预指南的重要性，有助于提高与孩子互动时对情感表达影响的认识。只有当母亲表现出中等/高水平的负面影响或低/中等水平的正面影响时，这种关联才被缓和。另一方面，发现父亲的情感表达与孩子的学业成绩无关。这些结果表明，制定家长干预指南的重要性，有助于提高与孩子互动时对情感表达影响的认识。只有当母亲表现出中等/高水平的负面影响或低/中等水平的正面影响时，这种关联才被缓和。另一方面，发现父亲的情感表达与孩子的学业成绩无关。这些结果表明，制定家长干预指南的重要性，有助于提高与孩子互动时对情感表达影响的认识。