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Parental Internalizing Symptoms as Predictors of Anxiety Symptoms in Clinic-Referred Children

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Fjermestad, Krister Westlye, Lium, Christina, Heiervang, Einar R., Havik, Odd E., Mowatt Haugland, Bente Storm, Bjelland, Ingvar, Henningsen Wergeland, Gro Janne·2020·Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
DOI 10.21307/sjcapp-2020-003PMC PMC7685498
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Background: Mothers’ and fathers’ internalizing symptoms may influence children’s anxiety symptoms differently. Objective: To explore the relationship between parental internalizing symptoms and children’s anxiety symptoms in a clinical sample of children with anxiety disorders. Method: The sample was recruited through community mental health clinics for a randomized controlled anxiety treatment trial. At pre-intervention, children ( n = 182), mothers ( n = 165), and fathers ( n = 72) reported children’s anxiety symptoms. Mothers and fathers also reported their own internalizing symptoms. The children were aged 8 to 15 years ( M age = 11.5 years, SD = 2.1, 52.2% girls) and all had a diagnosis of separation anxiety, social phobia, and/or generalized anxiety disorder. We examined parental internalizing symptoms as predictors of child anxiety symptoms in multiple regression models. Results: Both mother and father rated internalizing symptoms predicted children’s self-rated anxiety levels (adj. R 2 = 22.0%). Mother-rated internalizing symptoms predicted mother-rated anxiety symptoms in children (adj. R 2 = 7.0%). Father-rated internalizing symptoms did not predict father-rated anxiety in children. Conclusions: Clinicians should incorporate parental level of internalizing symptoms in their case conceptualizations.

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Fjermestad, K. W., Lium, C., Heiervang, E. R., Havik, O. E., Mowatt Haugland, B. S., Bjelland, I., & Henningsen Wergeland, G. J.
Affiliations
  • University of Oslo (NO)
  • Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen , Bergen , Norway
  • Haukeland University Hospital (NO)
  • Department of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital , Bergen , Norway
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Fjermestad, Krister Westlye
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Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Published
2020-01-01
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
18-24
ISSN
2245-8875 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.21307/sjcapp-2020-003
PMC
PMC7685498
OpenAlex
W3012509652
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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
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Keywords
separation anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, case formulation, clinic-referred children

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