Gender as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Parental Anxiety and Adolescent Anxiety and Depression

Ranney, Rachel M.; Behar, Evelyn; Zinsser, Katherine M.

doi:10.1007/s10826-021-01931-5

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“…The study also can serve as a template for future research designs and analyses to advance understanding of directionality in clinial trials. Our finding neither age nor sex to be a significant moderator in any of our analyses is consistent with past general null findings, and findings that have shown inconsistency (Gibby et al, 2017; Norris & Kendall, 2020; Ranney et al, 2021). Further research is clearly needed to understand developmental and sex influences in the broader childhood anxiety literature including the current research questions.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Given only two studies have examined the issue (Settipani et al, 2013; Silverman et al, 2009), we did not formulate hypotheses about directionality; instead we tested all directionality patterns: parent‐to‐child, child‐to‐parent, and bidirectional. Finally, because child age and sex have been inconsistently found to moderate the association between parent and child anxiety, including in follow‐up studies (Gibby et al, 2017; Norris & Kendall, 2020; Ranney et al, 2021), we explored child age and sex as moderators.…”

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Directional effects of parent and child anxiety 1 year following treatment of child anxiety, and the mediational role of parent psychological control

Silverman

Marin

Rey

et al. 2021

Depression and Anxiety

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Background: We leveraged a recent efficacy trial to investigate directionality between parent anxiety and child anxiety at posttreatment and 12-month follow-up, and the potential role of parent psychological control as a mediator. We also explored child age and sex as moderators.Method: Two-hundred and fifty-four children were randomized to individual cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or to one of two CBT arms with parent involvement.Parent anxiety was not a treatment target in any of the three arms.Results: Child anxiety at posttreatment was associated with parent anxiety and psychological control at 12-month follow-up, providing evidence of child-to-parent directionality. Parent anxiety at posttreatment was associated indirectly with child anxiety at 12-month follow-up through associations with parent psychological control, providing evidence of parent-to-child directionality. At posttreatment, parent psychological control contemporaneously mediated the relation between parent and child anxiety. Neither child age nor sex moderated any association.Conclusions: Findings highlight the directional effects between child anxiety, parent anxiety, and psychological control from posttreatment to 12-month follow-up, even when parent anxiety is not a treatment target. Research and clinical implications are discussed, with an emphasis on enhancing durability following treatment effects.

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confidence: 92%

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confidence: 99%

Directional effects of parent and child anxiety 1 year following treatment of child anxiety, and the mediational role of parent psychological control

Silverman

Marin

Rey

et al. 2021

Depression and Anxiety

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“…As a result, when perceiving lower parental psychological control, girls have more positive self-evaluation, and higher creative self-efficacy. Our results are consistent with previous studies reporting that female adolescents are more sensitive to disharmonious family atmosphere, poor parent-child relationships, and harsh parenting, whereas male adolescents are more likely to be influenced by positive parenting (Choo et al, 2015;Ranney et al, 2021;Rogers et al, 2003).…”

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The relationship between need for cognition and adolescents’ creative self-efficacy: The mediating roles of perceived parenting behaviors and perceived teacher support

Chen

Zhang

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Curr Psychol

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Drawing on social cognitive theory, need for cognition might have a significant influence on adolescents' creative self-efficacy. However, no studies, to date, have investigated this relationship. To address this gap in the literature, this study used a 3-year longitudinal design to investigate the effect of need for cognition on adolescents' creative self-efficacy. Moreover, to better understand this effect, we also investigated the mediating roles of perceived parenting behaviors and perceived teacher support, and the possible gender differences. The sample included 221 Chinese adolescents (mean age = 14.58, 48% girls) followed across 3 years. The results revealed that need for cognition had a beneficial effect on adolescents' creative self-efficacy. Moreover, perceived parental autonomy support and perceived parental psychological control mediated the effect of need for cognition on creative self-efficacy. Lastly, there exist gender differences in these mediation effects. Perceived parental autonomy support only mediated the effect of need for cognition on boys' creative self-efficacy, whereas perceived parental psychological control only mediated the influence of need for cognition on girls' creative self-efficacy. Our findings help clarify developmental pathways linking need for cognition to adolescents' creative self-efficacy, and the underlying mediation mechanisms.

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“…In contrast, Beesdo et al (2007) argued that not only the severity of social anxiety disorder predicted individual subsequent depression, but the predictive effect of parental anxiety was also significant. Ranney's et al (2021) research additionally suggested that parental anxiety was significantly categorized as one of the critical risk contributors to their children's depression progression. There are also studies examining mediating factors in the significant linkage between anxiety and depression, including non-acceptance in intimate relationships (Jacobson and Newman, 2016), anhedonia (Winer et al, 2017), and avoidance (Jacobson and Newman, 2014).…”

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The relationship between anxiety and depression under the pandemic: The role of life meaning

2022

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IntroductionCOVID-19 is a stressor creating much anxiety for the general public, such as anxiety related to possible infection, social distancing, financial strain and uncertainty. As the scientific literature shows that there is an intimate relationship between anxiety and depression, it is important to ask whether anxiety is related to depression under the pandemic and whether spirituality indexed by life meaning can moderate the relationship between anxiety and depression. According to theories highlighting the importance of life meaning, relative to people with a higher level of life meaning, the relationship between anxiety and depression would be stronger in people with a lower level of life meaning.MethodsEmpirically, we collected data in two waves (i.e., before and after the first wave of COVID-19, respectively) from 4,981 adolescents recruited in Sichuan, China. Then, the 41-item “Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders” was employed to measure anxiety symptoms, 20-item “Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale” was utilized to examine depression symptoms, and the “Spirituality Subscale of the Chinese Positive Youth Development Scale” for assessing life meaning.ResultsWe found that anxiety significantly predicted depression at each wave and across time. Second, controlling for Wave 1 depression scores, results showed that a drop in Wave 1 anxiety predicted a drop in depressive symptoms over time. Regarding the relationship between meaning in life and depression, spirituality indexed by meaning in life negatively predicted depression at each wave and over time, and predicted change in depression across time. Finally, multiple regression analyses showed that life meaning moderated the predictive effect of anxiety on depression.DiscussionThe findings support the thesis that spirituality serves as a protective factor for psychological morbidity in Chinese adolescents. The study also suggests the importance of helping adolescents to develop life meaning under COVID-19.

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Gender as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Parental Anxiety and Adolescent Anxiety and Depression

Cited by 9 publications

References 60 publications

Directional effects of parent and child anxiety 1 year following treatment of child anxiety, and the mediational role of parent psychological control

Directional effects of parent and child anxiety 1 year following treatment of child anxiety, and the mediational role of parent psychological control

The relationship between need for cognition and adolescents’ creative self-efficacy: The mediating roles of perceived parenting behaviors and perceived teacher support

The relationship between anxiety and depression under the pandemic: The role of life meaning

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