Don't Think That Kids Aren't Noticing: Indirect Pathways to Children's Fear of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: The present study is couched within Rachman's three-pathway theory of fear acquisition (Rachman, 1977, 1991). Besides the direct contact with the objects of fear, this model also includes two indirect pathways to fear acquisition: negative information transmission and modeling. The study aims to explore the contribution of these three factors to the level of children's fear of COVID-19. The sample consisted of 376 children (59.6% girls), aged 7-19 (M _age = 12.77, SD_age = 3.57), and one of their parents (M _age = 42.88, SD_age = 6.00). The survey was conducted online during the COVID-19 national state of emergency in the Republic of Serbia. The children assessed their fear of COVID-19, general fearfulness, negative information transmis

SUBMITTER: Radanovic A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7991716 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature