Abstract
Results
Children’s interpretation bias, measured using ambiguous stories, was shown to partially mediate the relation between parental
overcontrol and child anxiety and completely mediate the relation between parental anxiety and child anxiety. There was no
significant relation between parental overcontrol and parental anxiety.
overcontrol and child anxiety and completely mediate the relation between parental anxiety and child anxiety. There was no
significant relation between parental overcontrol and parental anxiety.
Conclusions
Findings partially support theoretical models, which posit that higher levels of overcontrol and parental anxiety signal to
children that their environment is threatening, perhaps increasing their threat appraisal of ambiguous situations and increasing
their anxiety. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
children that their environment is threatening, perhaps increasing their threat appraisal of ambiguous situations and increasing
their anxiety. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-11
- DOI 10.1007/s10566-012-9186-6
- Authors
- Nicholas W. Affrunti, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 550 North Broadway/Suite 202, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- Golda S. Ginsburg, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 550 North Broadway/Suite 202, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
- Journal Child and Youth Care Forum
- Online ISSN 1573-3319
- Print ISSN 1053-1890