Murray, H.;
(2008)
An experimental investigation of the fear effect in non-clinical children and their mothers.
Doctoral thesis , University of London.
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Abstract
This review argues that a cognitive bias towards increased vigilance and perception of threat underlies childhood anxiety. It is hypothesised that parents of anxious children inadvertently reinforce this bias, or fail to help children inhibit it. The review explores the literature linking threat perception and anxiety, and considers how such a bias may develop. It is argued that parents of anxious children reinforce threat perception in the way they talk to their children, the behaviour that they model and their style of parenting. As few studies, reviews or models have directly tested these hypotheses, evidence from a range of relevant frameworks is considered.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Title: | An experimental investigation of the fear effect in non-clinical children and their mothers. |
| Identifier: | PQ ETD:591358 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Thesis digitised by ProQuest. Sensitive information has been removed from the ethesis |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1444061 |
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