Predicting the psychological well-being of working children based on work anxiety, school anxiety and hope for education in Bandar Abbas

Working children have psychological problems. The aim of this study was to investigate the prediction of the psychological well-being of working children based on work anxiety, school anxiety, and hope for education in Bandar Abbas.

The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the study included all working children in Bandar Abbas in 1400. 214 people were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. The Linden Work Anxiety Inventory, Phillips School Anxiety, Date and Lumbar Education Expectancy, and Reef Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire were used. Pearson correlation and hierarchical regression were used to analyze the data.

The results showed that the correlation coefficient between work anxiety and psychological well-being (P <0.01, -0.34) was negative and significant at the level of 0.01. The relationship between school anxiety and psychological well-being (P <0.01, -0.46) was negative and significant at the level of 0.01. The relationship between education expectation and psychological well-being (P <0.01, 0.41) was positive and significant at the 0.01 level. Work anxiety with a regression coefficient of -0.247, school anxiety -0.348 and education expectation of 0.419 were able to predict the psychological well-being of working children (P <0.01).

Considering the relationship between work anxiety, school anxiety, and the hope of education with the psychological well-being of working children and considering the importance of children's health as the future builders of society, it is recommended that relevant organizations prepare appropriate programs to control the mentioned factors and other possible factors.