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The Developmental Psychopathology of Anxiety

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Anxiety and fear are common in childhood and adolescence, with their focus typically reflecting important developmental themes and challenges (Muris & Field, 2011) that are largely consistent across cultures (Ollendick, Yang, King, Dong, & Akande, 1996). As such, anxiety is an adaptive emotion that prepares the individual to detect and deal with threats, thereby fostering survival (Marks & Nesse, 1994). However, high levels of anxiety have strong potential to interfere with development, raising risk for a wide range of maladaptive outcomes, including impaired interpersonal and academic functioning (Rapee, Schniering, & Hudson, 2009). Consequently, such problems have strong potential to initiate negative developmental cascades.

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    Michael W. Vasey Ph.D.

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  3. Department of Psychology, Child Study Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA

    Thomas H. Ollendick Ph.D.

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Vasey, M.W., Bosmans, G., Ollendick, T.H. (2014). The Developmental Psychopathology of Anxiety. In: Lewis, M., Rudolph, K. (eds) Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9608-3_27

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