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The pathogenesis of childhood anxiety disorders: Considerations from a developmental psychopathology perspective
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Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric problems in children and adolescents. The present article summarizes the main evidence that has accumulated on the pathogenesis of childhood anxiety disorders during the past two decades. Various risk and vulnerability factors (e.g., genetics, behavioral inhibition, disgust sensitivity, negative life events, family influences), protective factors (e.g., effortful control, perceived control), and maintaining factors (e.g., avoidance, cognitive biases) will be discussed. The information will be described in terms of a developmental psychopathology perspective, which assumes that (a) most forms of psychopathology are the result of multiple causal influences; (b) both successful and unsuccessful adaptation are important for understanding the origins of psychopathology; and (c) psychopathology occurs in a developing organism.
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- Authors
- Muris, P.
- Affiliations
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Muris, Peter
- ORCID
- Muris, Peter
- Venue
- International Journal of Behavioral Development
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2006-01
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 5-11
- ISSN
- 0165-0254 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-0651
- OpenAlex
- W2156228426
- Cited by
- 128
- References
- 85
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 9.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Behavioral Development (publishedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (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 › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- childhood anxiety disorders, pathogenesis, developmental psychopathology, risk factors, protective factors, behavioral inhibition, disgust sensitivity, negative life events, family influence, effortful control, perceived control, avoidance, cognitive biases
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