Parenting and childhood anxiety: Theory, empirical findings, and future directions

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 134-151

  Wood, Jeffrey J ^a   McLeod, Bryce D ^a   Sigman, Marian ^a   Hwang, Wei Chin ^a   Chu, Brian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0037504253     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-7610.00106     Document Type: Review

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