Parental and family factors as predictors of threat bias in anxious youth

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 812-819

  Blossom, Jennifer B ^a   Ginsburg, Golda S ^b   Birmaher, Boris ^c   Walkup, John T ^d,e   Kendall, Philip C ^f   Keeton, Courtney P ^b   Langley, Audra K ^g   Piacentini, John C ^g   Sakolsky, Dara ^c   Albano, Anne Marie ^h  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Child; Family functioning; Threat bias

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; EXPECTATION; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; THREAT;

EID: 84881156775     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-012-9513-0     Document Type: Article

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