Allen, JL;
Sandberg, S;
Chhoa, C;
Fearn, T;
Rapee, R;
(2017)
Parent-Dependent Stressors and the Onset of Anxiety Disorders in Children: Links with Parental Psychopathology.
European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
pp. 1-11.
10.1007/s00787-017-1038-3.
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Abstract
Exposure to stressors is associated with an increased risk for child anxiety. Investigating the family origins of stressors may provide promising avenues for identifying and intervening with children at risk for the onset of anxiety disorders and their families. The aim of this study was to compare the frequency of parent-dependent negative life events and chronic adversities experienced by children with an anxiety disorder (n = 34) in the 12 months prior to the onset of the child’s most recent episode, compared to healthy controls (n = 34). Life events and chronic adversities were assessed using maternal report during an investigator-based interview, which provided independent panel ratings of the extent that reported experiences were related to parent behaviour. There were no group differences in the number of parent-dependent negative life events for anxious children compared to controls. However, significantly more parent-dependent chronic adversities were present for anxious children compared to controls. Findings suggest that parents contribute to an increased frequency of chronic adversities but not negative life events prior to their child’s most recent onset of anxiety. Furthermore, increased child exposure to parent-dependent chronic adversities was related to parental history of mental disorder.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Parent-Dependent Stressors and the Onset of Anxiety Disorders in Children: Links with Parental Psychopathology |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00787-017-1038-3 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-017-1038-3 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author(s) 2017 This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
| Keywords: | Child anxiety; Stress; Life events; Chronic adversity; Parent psychopathology; Stress generation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Statistical Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1568054 |
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