Cognitive coping and childhood anxiety disorders
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To investigate differences in cognitive coping strategies between anxiety-disordered and non-anxious 9-11-year-old children. Additionally, differences in cognitive coping between specific anxiety disorders were examined. A clinical sample of 131 anxiety-disordered children and a general population sample of 452 non-anxious children were gathered. All children filled out the child version of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-k). Structured clinical interviews were used to assess childhood anxiety disorders. Results showed that anxiety-disordered children experience significantly more 'lifetime' negative life events than non-anxious children. Adjusted for the 'lifetime' experience of negative life events, anxiety-disordered children scored significantly higher on the strategies catastrophizing and rumination, and significantly lower on the strategies positive reappraisal and refocus on planning than non-anxious children. No significant differences in cognitive coping were found between children with specific anxiety disorders. Anxiety-disordered children employ significantly more maladaptive and less adaptive cognitive coping strategies in response to negative life events than non-anxious children. The results suggest that cognitive coping is a valuable target for prevention and treatment of childhood anxiety problems.
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- Authors
- Legerstee, J. S., Garnefski, N., Jellesma, F. C., Verhulst, F. C., & Utens, E. M. W. J.
- Affiliations
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Leiden University (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Utens, Elisabeth M. W. J.
- ORCID
- Venue
- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Published
- 2009-09-01
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 143-150
- ISSN
- 1018-8827 (ISSN-L)
- 1435-165X
- OpenAlex
- W1968654121
- Cited by
- 102
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hal.science
- Licence
- other-oa
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion)
- Trinity's Access to Research Output (TARA) (Trinity College Dublin) (publishedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) (submittedVersion)
- Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Keywords
- cognitive coping, childhood anxiety disorders, emotion regulation, negative life events, catastrophizing, rumination, positive reappraisal, maladaptive coping
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Analysis of Variance, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Child, Emotions, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires
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