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- Title
The trajectory of anxiety in therapy: The role of ACEs.
- Authors
Witting, Alyssa Banford; Anderson, Shayne R.; Johnson, Lee N.; Barrow, Betsy Hughes; Peery, Allie
- Abstract
The connection between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and anxiety disorders is well‐documented. Additionally, therapy has been shown to be effective at reducing anxiety symptoms. Yet more needs to be known about how ACEs may shape the process of therapy and the trajectory of anxiety symptoms. This study was designed to compare the trajectory of improvement in anxiety symptoms over the course of 12 sessions of therapy in adults (N = 472), who reported more (greater than four) and fewer (fewer than four) ACEs using a multigroup latent growth curve analysis. Data were drawn from the Marriage and Family Therapy Practice Research Network database. Results suggested that the rate of improvement in those with more and fewer ACEs was not significantly different; however, those with more ACEs had a significantly higher average starting point of anxiety symptoms.
- Subjects
MARRIAGE &; family therapy; ANXIETY; ADVERSE childhood experiences; SENSATION seeking; ANXIETY disorders
- Publication
Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 2024, Vol 50, Issue 3, p744
- ISSN
0194-472X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jmft.12703