The level of anxiety among teenagers aged 13-18 at the beginning of the 2022/2023 school year in the municipality of Prishtina and Prizren
Session
Psychology
Description
As adolescence is one of the periods that is associated with major changes in physical, cognitive, psychological and emotional development, a period of turbulence in the understanding of personal and social identity, relationships with parents and others also not forgetting that in recent years we are constantly faced with the situation caused by Covid-19, challenges in various areas of health, social, economic and undoubtedly it has been for both adults and adolescents a difficult period of coping with a new daily life. For this reason, our study focused on the period of adolescence specifically on anxiety in adolescents aged 13-18 years to better understand the anxiety among adolescents in the city of Pristina and Prizren. Specifically, the study compared anxiety by gender, socioeconomic status. The study also examined adolescents’ perceptions of quality time with their parents. The study includes a group of 460 adolescents (220 girls and 240 boys), aged 13-18 years selected for the quantitative study, through the technique of stratified random sampling for a more proportional representation of the target population being that adolescents from primary and secondary schools from these two municipalities were included. Data were collected using a semi-structured self-report questionnaire and a standardized psychological test, the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The results show that anxiety was prevalent in the sample with 20.1% of girls and 17.9% of boys suffering from high anxiety. Girls were more anxious than boys (p <0.01). Adolescents from high schools in Prishtina were more anxious than adolescents from high schools in Prizren (p <0.01). Adolescents with average socioeconomic status (middle socioeconomic group) suffered more anxiety than those from high and low socioeconomic groups (p <0.01). Adolescents with working mothers were found to be more anxious (p <0.01). The results also show that a significant proportion of adolescents feel that they have not received quality time from fathers (32.1%) and mothers (21.3%). A large number of them also did not feel comfortable sharing their personal affairs with their parents (60.0% for fathers and 40.0% for mothers).
Keywords:
adolescence, anxiety, gender differences, parental relationships, socio-economic status.
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-50-5
Location
Lipjan, Kosovo
Start Date
29-10-2022 12:00 AM
End Date
30-10-2022 12:00 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2022.28
Recommended Citation
Thaqi, Emrush and Sadriu, Besarta, "The level of anxiety among teenagers aged 13-18 at the beginning of the 2022/2023 school year in the municipality of Prishtina and Prizren" (2022). UBT International Conference. 28.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2022/all-events/28
The level of anxiety among teenagers aged 13-18 at the beginning of the 2022/2023 school year in the municipality of Prishtina and Prizren
Lipjan, Kosovo
As adolescence is one of the periods that is associated with major changes in physical, cognitive, psychological and emotional development, a period of turbulence in the understanding of personal and social identity, relationships with parents and others also not forgetting that in recent years we are constantly faced with the situation caused by Covid-19, challenges in various areas of health, social, economic and undoubtedly it has been for both adults and adolescents a difficult period of coping with a new daily life. For this reason, our study focused on the period of adolescence specifically on anxiety in adolescents aged 13-18 years to better understand the anxiety among adolescents in the city of Pristina and Prizren. Specifically, the study compared anxiety by gender, socioeconomic status. The study also examined adolescents’ perceptions of quality time with their parents. The study includes a group of 460 adolescents (220 girls and 240 boys), aged 13-18 years selected for the quantitative study, through the technique of stratified random sampling for a more proportional representation of the target population being that adolescents from primary and secondary schools from these two municipalities were included. Data were collected using a semi-structured self-report questionnaire and a standardized psychological test, the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The results show that anxiety was prevalent in the sample with 20.1% of girls and 17.9% of boys suffering from high anxiety. Girls were more anxious than boys (p <0.01). Adolescents from high schools in Prishtina were more anxious than adolescents from high schools in Prizren (p <0.01). Adolescents with average socioeconomic status (middle socioeconomic group) suffered more anxiety than those from high and low socioeconomic groups (p <0.01). Adolescents with working mothers were found to be more anxious (p <0.01). The results also show that a significant proportion of adolescents feel that they have not received quality time from fathers (32.1%) and mothers (21.3%). A large number of them also did not feel comfortable sharing their personal affairs with their parents (60.0% for fathers and 40.0% for mothers).