Lecture Announcement – 2025.11.20 (Thu) – Dr. Gaoxian Lin
National Chengchi University
Department of Psychology
114-1 Academic Seminar Series
Speaker: Dr. Gaoxian Lin, Assistant Professor (College of Education, National Chengchi University)
Title: Parenting Under Pressure: From Causes to Prevention of Parental Anxiety
Date & Time: Thursday, November 20, 2025, 14:10–16:00
Venue: Room 080101, Department of Psychology, Guofu Building, NCCU
All faculty members and students are cordially invited to attend!
Abstract
In recent years, many parents have reported heightened anxiety about their parenting—striving for perfection in their practices and worrying that their children may not reach their full potential. Unsurprisingly, many also report feeling exhausted by the demands of parenting and, in some cases, even expressing regret about becoming parents. The detrimental effects of parental anxiety extend beyond diminished parental well-being; they also pose risks to children’s optimal development.
Given these wide-ranging consequences, it is crucial to identify strategies that can alleviate parental anxiety. In this talk, I will present findings from my recent studies and those of others that offer insights into how this goal might be achieved. Specifically, I will discuss potential coping and regulatory processes that may buffer the harmful effects of parental anxiety, as well as the sociocultural roots that fuel it. I will highlight how contemporary parental anxiety arises not only from individual psychological factors but also from broader societal pressures. Together, these studies reveal key antecedents contributing to the emergence of parental anxiety and point toward promising avenues for its prevention.
Speaker Bio
Dr. Lin received his Ph.D. from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at KU Leuven in Belgium. After completing his doctorate, he served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling at National Tsing Hua University and at the Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences at Academia Sinica. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the College of Education, National Chengchi University.
His research interests include family communication, parenting culture, culture and emotion, emotional competence, emotion regulation, emotional labor, perfectionism, social support, latent variable modeling, and network analysis.
