Are children's own interpretations of ambiguous situations based on how they perceive their mothers have interpreted ambiguous situations for them in the past?

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-108

  Lester, Kathryn J ^a   Seal, Katherine ^a   Nightingale, Zoë C ^a   Field, Andy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Interpretation bias; Parenting

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 71249160928     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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