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Do Maternal Parenting Behaviors Indirectly Link Toddler Dysregulated Fear and Child Anxiety Symptoms?

Auteurs: Brianne Maag, Randi A. Phelps, Elizabeth J. Kiel

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 2/2021

Abstract

Dysregulated fear (DF), display of high-fear in low-threat contexts, has been shown to predict child anxiety development. Maternal protective, comforting, and intrusive behaviors have also been linked to child anxiety development and may be candidate mechanisms linking DF to anxiety. First, the relation between DF (age 2) and child separation anxiety (age 4) as indirectly linked by maternal protective, comforting, and intrusive behaviors was investigated. Second, the relation between DF and social anxiety (age 4) through parenting behaviors was investigated. Results suggested DF significantly predicted child separation anxiety through maternal intrusive behaviors, above and beyond protective and comforting behaviors. Neither protective nor comforting parenting behavior served as indirect effects between DF and separation anxiety. No parenting behaviors were found to indirectly link the relation between DF and social anxiety. Results suggest that multiple parenting behaviors are involved as environmental mechanisms by which DF predicts separation anxiety.

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Results produced by raw data values remained consistent with results from our multiply imputed dataset. Maternal comforting behavior did not mediate the relation between toddler age 2 dysregulated fear and child age 4 separation anxiety above and beyond maternal protective behavior and maternal intrusive behavior (ab = 0.04, SE = 0.13, 95% CI [− 0.23, 0.26]). Maternal protective behavior did not mediate the relation between toddler age 2 dysregulated fear and child separation anxiety above and beyond maternal comforting behavior and maternal intrusive behavior (ab = − 0.01, SE = 0.06, 95% CI [− 0.22, 0.07]). Maternal intrusive behavior mediated the relation between toddler age 2 dysregulated fear and child age 4 separation anxiety above and beyond maternal comforting behavior and maternal protective behavior (ab = 0.12, SE = 0.07, 95% CI [0.02, 0.29]). Maternal comforting behavior did not mediate the relation between toddler age 2 dysregulated fear and child age 4 social anxiety above and beyond maternal protective behavior and maternal intrusive behavior (ab = -0.09, SE = 0.13, 95% CI [− 0.37, 0.16]). Maternal protective behavior did not mediate the relation between toddler age 2 dysregulated fear and child social anxiety above and beyond maternal comforting behavior and maternal intrusive behavior (ab = -0.009, SE = 0.06, 95% CI [− 0.15, 0.06]). Maternal intrusive behavior did not mediate the relation between toddler age 2 dysregulated fear and child age 4 social anxiety above and beyond maternal comforting behavior and maternal protective behavior (ab = 0.03, SE = 0.06, 95% CI [-0.05, 0.25]).

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Titel: Do Maternal Parenting Behaviors Indirectly Link Toddler Dysregulated Fear and Child Anxiety Symptoms?
Auteurs: Brianne Maag
Randi A. Phelps
Elizabeth J. Kiel
Publicatiedatum: 13-05-2020
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 2/2021
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-020-01004-6

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