The role of academic anxiety in the relationship between parental psychological control and academic well-being in students (a moderated mediation model)

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of academic anxiety in the relationship between psychological control of parents and academic wellbeing. The statistical population included all high school students in Ahvaz in the academic year , from which people were selected by multi-stage cluster random sampling. And answered the questionnaires of parental psychological control, achievement anxiety and academic well-being. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling and multiple regression by Amos software. Cronbach's alpha method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. The results showed that the indirect effect of parental psychological control on academic well-being through academic anxiety is significant. (P and β = - ). Academic anxiety also mediates the relationship between psychological control and academic well-being, but does not moderate this relationship.