Impact of Parent’s Socioeconomic Status on Perceived Parental Pressure and Test Anxiety among Chinese High School Students

Abstract

This study carries out empirical researches among Mainland Chinese high school students to explore the impact of parent’s socioeconomic status on perceived parental pressure and test anxiety. The discoveries of the study include: perceived parental pressure has significant impact on test anxiety; parents’ occupations, parents’ income and mother’s education have significant impact on perceived parental pressure; parents’ occupations, parents’ income and mother’s education have significant impact on test anxiety. There are sufficient evidences to support the notion that the ethic stressing family glory and material success can be a major source of perceived parental pressure and test anxiety in China. Another finding of the study is that there may exist a mediation relationship among parent’s socioeconomic status, perceived parental pressure, and test anxiety. By controlling perceived parental pressure, the mediator variable, the impact of parent’s socioeconomic status on test anxiety can be greatly reduced.