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19-12-2018

Sensory Over-Responsivity: An Early Risk Factor for Anxiety and Behavioral Challenges in Young Children

Auteurs: Kimberly L. H. Carpenter, Grace T. Baranek, William E. Copeland, Scott Compton, Nancy Zucker, Geraldine Dawson, Helen L. Egger

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 6/2019

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Abstract

Anxiety disorders are prevalent and significantly impact young children and their families. One hypothesized risk factor for anxiety is heightened responses to sensory input. Few studies have explored this hypothesis prospectively. This study had two goals: (1) examine whether sensory over-responsivity is predictive of the development of anxiety in a large prospective sample of children, and (2) identify whether anxiety mediates the relationship between sensory over-responsivity and behavioral challenges. Children’s sensory and anxiety symptoms were assessed in a community sample of 917 at 2–5 and again in 191 of these children at 6 years old. Parents also reported on a number of additional behavioral challenges previously found to be associated with both sensory over-responsivity and anxiety separately: irritability, food selectivity, sleep problems, and gastrointestinal problems. Forty three percent of preschool children with sensory over-responsivity also had a concurrent impairing anxiety disorder. Preschool sensory over-responsivity symptoms significantly and positively predicted anxiety symptoms at age six. This relationship was both specific and unidirectional. Finally, school-age anxiety symptoms mediated the relationship between preschool sensory over-responsivity symptoms and both irritability and sleep problems at school-age. These results suggest sensory over-responsivity is a risk factor for anxiety disorders. Furthermore, children who have symptoms of sensory over-responsivity as preschoolers have higher levels of anxiety symptoms at school-age, which in turn is associated with increased levels of school-age behavioral challenges.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Sensory Over-Responsivity: An Early Risk Factor for Anxiety and Behavioral Challenges in Young Children
Auteurs
Kimberly L. H. Carpenter
Grace T. Baranek
William E. Copeland
Scott Compton
Nancy Zucker
Geraldine Dawson
Helen L. Egger
Publicatiedatum
19-12-2018
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 6/2019
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-018-0502-y