Maternal over-control moderates the association between early childhood behavioral inhibition and adolescent social anxiety symptoms

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1363-1373

  Lewis Morrarty, Erin ^a   Degnan, Kathryn A ^a   Chronis Tuscano, Andrea ^a   Rubin, Kenneth H ^a   Cheah, Charissa S L ^b   Pine, Daniel S ^c   Henderon, Heather A ^d   Fox, Nathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral inhibition; Maternal over control; Parenting; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84867857961     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-012-9663-2     Document Type: Article

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