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An Investigation of Control Among Parents of Selectively Mute, Anxious, and Non-Anxious Children

Auteurs: Shannon C. Edison, Mary Ann Evans, Angela E. McHolm, Charles E. Cunningham, Matilda E. Nowakowski, Michael Boyle, Louis A. Schmidt

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 3/2011

Abstract

The authors examined parent–child interactions among three groups: selectively mute, anxious, and non-anxious children in different contexts. The relation between parental control (granting autonomy and high power remarks), child factors (i.e., age, anxiety, verbal participation), and parent anxiety was investigated. Parental control varied by context but parents of children with SM were more controlling than parents in the comparison groups in all contexts. Regression analyses indicated that child and parent anxiety predicted parental control, with increased anxiety associated with increased control. Older child age predicted less parent control. Group categorization moderated the relation between age and high power remarks, such that age was not a significant predictor for children with SM. Finally child-initiated speaking predicted high power remarks over and above other variables. These results support previous theories that parents take over for their children when they fail to meet performance demands, especially when the child or parent is anxious.

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Titel: An Investigation of Control Among Parents of Selectively Mute, Anxious, and Non-Anxious Children
Auteurs: Shannon C. Edison
Mary Ann Evans
Angela E. McHolm
Charles E. Cunningham
Matilda E. Nowakowski
Michael Boyle
Louis A. Schmidt
Publicatiedatum: 01-06-2011
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 3/2011
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-010-0214-1

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