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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 3, Pages 328-335Publisher
LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC INC
DOI: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP2903_4
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- NIMH NIH HHS [MH 44042] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [R01MH044042] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Evaluated the role of maternal and paternal emotional distress in parent report of anxiety in their child. Participants were 239 children (ages 7.5 to 15 years) diagnosed with a primary, anxiety, disorder and their parents (193 fathers, 238 mothers). Parents individually completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventor): the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children-Parent Version (a report of the child's anxiety). Children completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children. Mothers and fathers reported more anxiety in their children than the children reported themselves. No significant relations were found between parental anxiety and parent report of child anxiety. When we examined girls only, both maternal and paternal BDI scores were significant predictors of parent report of the child's anxiety, after we controlled for pal ental anxiety Separate analyses by child age revealed that parent reports of child anxiety were more correlated with the self-reports of younger children. The implications of these findings are discussed.
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