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Childhood Anxiety/Withdrawal, Adolescent Parent-Child Attachment and Later Risk of Depression and Anxiety Disorder.
- Source :
- Journal of Child & Family Studies; Apr2012, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p303-310, 8p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Previous research has shown that children with high levels of early anxiety/withdrawal are at increased risk of later anxiety and depression. It has also been found that positive parent-child attachment reduces the risk of these disorders. The aim of this paper was to examine the extent to which positive parent-child attachment acted to mitigate the risk of later internalising disorders amongst children with high levels of early anxiety/withdrawal using data from a 30 years longitudinal study of a New Zealand birth cohort. The findings of this study showed that: (a) increasing rates of early anxiety/withdrawal were associated with an increased risk of later anxiety and depression; (b) positive parent-child attachment in adolescence was associated with a decline in the risk of later anxiety and depression; and (c) these associations persisted even after controlling for confounding factors. The implications of these findings for the role of parent-child attachment in mitigating the adverse effects of early anxiety/withdrawal are discussed. It is concluded that positive parent-child attachment in adolescence may act as a compensatory factor which buffers the adverse effects of childhood anxiety/withdrawal on risks of developing later anxiety and depression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MENTAL depression risk factors
ANXIETY risk factors
ATTACHMENT behavior
CHILD sexual abuse
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FACTOR analysis
DOMESTIC violence
INTERVIEWING
LONGITUDINAL method
RESEARCH methodology
PARENT-child relationships
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SCALES (Weighing instruments)
STATISTICS
LOGISTIC regression analysis
DATA analysis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10621024
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Child & Family Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 73325875
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-011-9476-x