Parental Contributions to Child Anxiety Sensitivity: A Review and Recommendations for Future Directions

Francis, Sarah E.; Noël, Valerie

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“…Alternatively, Silverman and Weems (1999) failed to demonstrate a relationship between parent AS and child AS. Overall, the few studies that have examined parental contributing factors to child AS have yielded inconsistent results warranting further research (Francis and Noël 2010).…”

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A Meta-analytic Review of the Role of Child Anxiety Sensitivity in Child Anxiety

Noël

Francis

2011

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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Conflicting findings exist regarding (1) whether anxiety sensitivity (AS) is a construct distinct from anxiety in children and (2) the specific nature of the role of AS in child anxiety. This study uses meta-analytic techniques to (1) determine whether youth (ages 6-18 years) have been reported to experience AS, (2) examine whether AS differentiates anxiety disordered youth from youth without diagnoses, and (3) ascertain whether AS distinguishes youth with panic disorder from those with other anxiety disorders. The weighted mean effect size analyses included 15 studies and 6,579 participants. Results suggested positive correlational relationships between AS and anxiety for children (r = 0.26) and adolescents (r = 0.36) and higher levels of AS for anxiety disordered youth than non-clinical youth (d = 0.64). Findings tentatively suggested higher levels of AS for youth with panic disorder than youth diagnosed with other anxiety disorders. Implications and future directions in the research of child AS are discussed.

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A Meta-analytic Review of the Role of Child Anxiety Sensitivity in Child Anxiety

Noël

Francis

2011

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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“…Of these studies, three have not reported a significant relationship in clinical (Noël, Francis, Brinston, White, & St. John, 2008; Silverman & Weems, 1999 and community samples (van Beek, Perna, Schruers, Muris, & Griez, 2005), and three found that the relationship was conditional in clinical (East, Berman, & Stoppelbein, 2007) and community samples (Drake & Kearney, 2008; Tsao et al, 2005; see Francis & Noël, 2010 for review). For example, Tsao et al (2005) examined the relationship between parent and child anxiety sensitivity in a sample of 244 youth (aged 8–18 years) and their parents.…”

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Identifying Moderators of the Link Between Parent and Child Anxiety Sensitivity: The Roles of Gender, Positive Parenting, and Corporal Punishment

Graham

Weems

2014

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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A substantial body of literature suggests that anxiety sensitivity is a risk factor for the development of anxiety problems and research has now begun to examine the links between parenting, parent anxiety sensitivity and their child’s anxiety sensitivity. However, the extant literature has provided mixed findings as to whether parent anxiety sensitivity is associated with child anxiety sensitivity, with some evidence suggesting that others factors may influence the association. Theoretically, specific parenting behaviors may be important to the development of child anxiety sensitivity and also in understanding the association between parent and child anxiety sensitivity. In this study, 191 families (n = 255 children and adolescents aged 6–17 and their parents) completed measures of child anxiety sensitivity (CASI) and parenting (APQ-C), and parents completed measures of their own anxiety sensitivity (ASI) and their parenting (APQ-P). Corporal punishment was associated with child anxiety sensitivity and the child’s report of their parent’s positive parenting behaviors moderated the association between parent and child anxiety sensitivity. The child’s gender was also found to moderate the association between parent and child anxiety sensitivity, such that there was a positive association between girls and parent anxiety sensitivity and a negative association in boys. The findings advance the understanding of child anxiety sensitivity by establishing a link with corporal punishment and by showing that the association between parent and child anxiety sensitivity may depend upon the parenting context and child’s gender.

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“…According to Francis and Noël (2010), specifi c patterns of parental behavior may lead to a higher risk of inducing anxiety in off spring than the existence of certain types of disorder in the parents themselves. Children are more exposed to anxiety when their parents' behavior is threatening, hostile or rejecting (Espinosa, 2009;Scher & Stein, 2003).…”

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Relationship between Parenting Style and Anxiety in a Spanish Children Sample

Yamuza¹,

Trenas²,

Osuna

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The aim of this study is to ascertain whether there are any diff erences in the parenting practices experienced by two groups of children with, respectively, low-risk and high-risk scores for anxiety. A second objective is to determine which parenting variables are linked with the presence or absence of this kind of internalizing problem. From a sample of 550 subjects, we selected 180 children between 3 and 12 years of age who met a set of specifi c criteria as having either high risk scores (90 children) or low risk scores (90 children) for anxiety, according to the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC). After applying the Parent-Child Relationship Inventory (PCRI-M) to both parents, we carried out a binomial logistic regression analysis which resulted in a prediction model for 83.9% of the sample. The model was based on the following parenting variables: paternal involvement and support for autonomy, and maternal parental support, satisfaction with parenting, involvement, limit setting and role orientation. The paper also discusses the usefulness of our results for the planning of family intervention strategies. The information obtained has broad applications for interventions with families with anxious children, since parents' responses to the instruments used revealed patterns of behaviour that can be modifi ed in both parents and children.

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Parental Contributions to Child Anxiety Sensitivity: A Review and Recommendations for Future Directions

Cited by 11 publications

References 39 publications

A Meta-analytic Review of the Role of Child Anxiety Sensitivity in Child Anxiety

A Meta-analytic Review of the Role of Child Anxiety Sensitivity in Child Anxiety

Identifying Moderators of the Link Between Parent and Child Anxiety Sensitivity: The Roles of Gender, Positive Parenting, and Corporal Punishment

Relationship between Parenting Style and Anxiety in a Spanish Children Sample

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