Parental internalizing symptoms as predictors of anxiety symptoms in clinic-referred children
Article Category: research-article
Published Online: Mar 18, 2020
Page range: 18 - 24
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/sjcapp-2020-003
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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 (
Results:
Both mother and father rated internalizing symptoms predicted children’s self-rated anxiety levels (adj.
Conclusions:
Clinicians should incorporate parental level of internalizing symptoms in their case conceptualizations.