Temperament and parenting predicting anxiety change in cognitive behavioral therapy: The role of mothers, fathers, and children.

Highlights: [•] Predictors of treatment outcome in anxious children (N =145) were investigated. [•] Higher maternal negative affect was related to more anxiety symptoms at follow-up 3 months after treatment. [•] Lower maternal warmth was associated with more anxiety symptoms at follow-up. [•] Children higher on extraversion posttreatment had less anxiety symptoms at follow-up. [•] Fathers’ temperament and parenting style were unrelated to treatment outcome. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]