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Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research 1/2011

01-02-2011 | Original Article

Parental Beliefs About Child Anxiety as a Mediator of Parent and Child Anxiety

Auteurs: Sarah E. Francis, Bruce F. Chorpita

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 1/2011

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Abstract

Previous research has consistently supported a link between child and parental anxiety. Less well understood, however, are mediators of this association. Recent work has suggested the importance of parental cognitions in understanding the relationship between parental and child anxiety. The present investigation, employing a cross-sectional design, evaluates the potential mediational role of a specific parental cognitive variable, namely parental beliefs about the child’s anxiety, in the relationship between parental and child anxiety. Among a sample of clinic-referred youth (n = 103) with a variety of clinical presentations, parental beliefs about the harmfulness of the child’s anxiety significantly mediated the relationship between parent and child anxiety. This finding provides preliminary support for the role of parental beliefs about child anxiety in mediating the link between parent and child anxiety.
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When fathers were excluded from the analyses, the findings reported here remained largely similar for mothers only, such that the relationships observed among the variables remained consistent with those reported, and support for partial mediation was obtained.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Parental Beliefs About Child Anxiety as a Mediator of Parent and Child Anxiety
Auteurs
Sarah E. Francis
Bruce F. Chorpita
Publicatiedatum
01-02-2011
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 1/2011
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-009-9255-9

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