Overprotective parenting and child anxiety: The role of co-occurring child behavior problems

Gere, Martina K.; Villabø, Marianne A.; Torgersen, Svenn; Kendall, Philip C.

doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.04.003

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“…It is possible that in the age group in the current study (ages 7 to 14), parental control is perceived as a normative measure and does not serve as a risk factor for the development of anxiety disorders. It is also possible that controlling or overprotective parenting may be more strongly associated with externalizing problems than with youth anxiety (Gere, Villab0, Torgersen, & Kendall, 2012) and therefore, an association is not seen in children with primarily internalizing problems. Overall, the findings suggest that anxious children may benefit a warm parenting style.…”

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Parenting behaviors and anxious self-talk in youth and parents.

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Journal of Family Psychology

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The present study examined the association between parental anxious self-talk, parenting behaviors, and youth anxious self-talk. Parents and youth ages 7 to 14 (M = 10.17; N = 208; 53% male) seeking treatment for anxiety were evaluated for anxiety symptoms, youth anxious self-talk, parental anxious self-talk, and youth-perceived parenting behavior. Youth and parental anxious self-talk were assessed by both child and parent self-reports; youth-perceived parenting behaviors were assessed by youth-reports. Parenting behaviors included separate ratings of paternal and maternal (a) acceptance, (b) psychological control, and (c) firm/behavioral control. Correlational analyses revealed that maternal anxious self-talk, but not paternal anxious self-talk, was significantly associated with youth's anxious self-talk. Maternal anxious self-talk had an inverse association with youth-perceived maternal acceptance, but was not associated with youth-perceived maternal psychological or behavioral control. Higher youth-perceived maternal acceptance was significantly associated with lower youth anxious self-talk. Youth-perceived maternal acceptance partially mediated the association between mother's anxious self-talk and youth's anxious self-talk. However, this mediation effect disappeared when taking into account youth depressive symptoms. Results are discussed in relation to clinical implications and future directions in research.

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Parenting behaviors and anxious self-talk in youth and parents.

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“…To summarize, students with school under-achievement are more likely to show lower global self-esteem and to report increasing anxious and depressive symptomatology than typical achievers [32][33][34].…”

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Depression, Anxiety at School and Self-Esteem in Children with Learning Disabilities

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2014

J Psychol Abnorm Child

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Educational research places emphasis on the fact that pupils with Learning Disabilities may develop depressive and anxiety symptoms characterized by lower levels of self-esteem.The aim of this research is to compare the levels of depression, anxiety at school and self-esteem in children with learning disabilities, mathematical disabilities and a control group who showed typical learning. The participants were 132 children (52 girls and 80 boys), with an average age of 9 years, attending the fourth grade of primary school. These pupils were selected by scores on a battery of tests commonly used in Italy for the assessment of learning disabilities. On the whole, analyses revealed that children with Learning Disabilities and Mathematical Disabilities showed higher level of depression and school anxiety as well as lower rated self-esteem at school than children with typical learning. Moreover our findings highlight the co-occurrence of depressive and anxiety symptoms in pupils with Learning Disabilities.One of the issues that emerges from this study is the need to implement prevention programs aimed at identifying at an early age high-risk children showing increased levels of depression and anxiety. Moreover, these findings highlight the importance to find which are the most appropriate educational and clinical interventions to reduce cognitive maladaptive strategies in school aged children.

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“…Researchers have begun to assess the effects on children of extreme parental monitoring undertaken to exert control over their children’s behavior (Donaldson et al 2015; Gere et al 2012; Roche et al 2011). SDT holds that psychologically controlling parenting can inhibit intrinsic motivation and activate non-optimal forms of internalization (Joussemet et al 2008).…”

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The Enduring Impact of Parents’ Monitoring, Warmth, Expectancies, and Alcohol Use on Their Children’s Future Binge Drinking and Arrests: a Longitudinal Analysis

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Binge drinking is associated with many health and financial costs and is linked to risks of legal consequences. As alcohol use typically is initiated during adolescence, the current study assessed the relationship between parental behaviors and strategies in forecasting adolescents’ likelihood of binge drinking and later arrest. Restricted data from waves I–IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were used to assess hypotheses. A weighted path analytic model (N = 9421) provided a multifaceted picture of variables linked to later antisocial behavior. Low parental monitoring, low parental warmth, parent alcohol use, and parent expectancies regarding their children’s alcohol use were associated with higher incidence of adolescent binge drinking. In turn, low monitoring, low warmth, parent alcohol use, parent expectancies, and underage consumption were associated with binge drinking in early adulthood. Binge drinking during both adolescence and young adulthood were predictive of respondents’ likelihood of arrest 8–14 years later. Findings demonstrated the substantial, enduring effects of parental behaviors on child alcohol-related actions and have implications for parent-targeted interventions designed to reduce excessive alcohol consumption. They suggest campaigns that focus on parenting strategies that involve setting effective and strict alcohol-related rules and guidelines, while maintaining a warm and supportive family environment.

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Overprotective parenting and child anxiety: The role of co-occurring child behavior problems

Cited by 49 publications

References 38 publications

Parenting behaviors and anxious self-talk in youth and parents.

Parenting behaviors and anxious self-talk in youth and parents.

Depression, Anxiety at School and Self-Esteem in Children with Learning Disabilities

The Enduring Impact of Parents’ Monitoring, Warmth, Expectancies, and Alcohol Use on Their Children’s Future Binge Drinking and Arrests: a Longitudinal Analysis

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