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- Title
Parenting and childhood anxiety: theory, empirical findings, and future directions.
- Authors
Wood, Jeffrey J; McLeod, Bryce D; Sigman, Marian; Hwang, Wei-Chin; Chu, Brian C
- Abstract
Theories of anxiety development suggest that parental acceptance, control, and modeling of anxious behaviors are associated with children's manifestations of anxiety. This paper reviews research published in the past decade on the relation between parenting and childhood anxiety. Observed parental control during parent-child interactions was consistently linked with shyness and child anxiety disorders across studies. Mixed support for the role of parental acceptance and modeling of anxious behaviors was found in observational studies. However, there was little evidence supporting the contention that self-reported parenting style was related to children's trait anxiety. Because of limitations associated with past research, inferences about the direction of effects linking parenting and child anxiety cannot be made. A conceptual framework based on recent models of anxiety development (e.g., Vasey & Dadds, 2001) is presented to aid in the interpretation of extant research findings and to provide suggestions for future research and theory development. Improved methodological designs are proposed, including the use of repeated-measure and experimental designs for examining the direction of effects.
- Publication
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 2003, Vol 44, Issue 1, p134
- ISSN
0021-9630
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/1469-7610.00106