The impact of maternal control on children's anxious cognitions, behaviours and affect: An experimental study

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1041-1046

  Thirlwall, Kerstin ^a   Creswell, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Child; Control; Overprotection; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REFERENCE VALUES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 77956180115     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.05.030     Document Type: Article

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