Cargando…

Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment

Family accommodation, or changes in parental behavior aimed at avoiding or alleviating child anxiety-related distress, contributes to the severity of anxiety symptoms, and is most strongly associated with separation anxiety symptoms. This study examined whether child attachment security, characteriz...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Weeks, Gillian A., Sakmar, Elcin, Clark, Taylar A., Rose, Anastasia M., Silverman, Wendy K., Lebowitz, Eli R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Journal Experts 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10690319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38045422
http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3621755/v1
_version_ 1785152504694046720
author Weeks, Gillian A.
Sakmar, Elcin
Clark, Taylar A.
Rose, Anastasia M.
Silverman, Wendy K.
Lebowitz, Eli R.
author_facet Weeks, Gillian A.
Sakmar, Elcin
Clark, Taylar A.
Rose, Anastasia M.
Silverman, Wendy K.
Lebowitz, Eli R.
author_sort Weeks, Gillian A.
collection PubMed
description Family accommodation, or changes in parental behavior aimed at avoiding or alleviating child anxiety-related distress, contributes to the severity of anxiety symptoms, and is most strongly associated with separation anxiety symptoms. This study examined whether child attachment security, characterized as the degree to which children perceive their parents to be reliable, available, and communicative, moderates the association between family accommodation and separation anxiety symptoms, and whether this moderator is specific to separation anxiety among other anxiety symptoms. In a sample of clinically anxious youth ( N  = 243, 6–12 yrs), family accommodation was significantly positively associated with separation anxiety symptoms across levels of attachment security. Family accommodation was more strongly associated with separation anxiety symptoms in children with lower attachment security compared with those with higher attachment security. No significant moderation effect emerged for other anxiety symptoms. Findings enhance understanding of the role of attachment within family accommodation of child anxiety.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10690319
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher American Journal Experts
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-106903192023-12-02 Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment Weeks, Gillian A. Sakmar, Elcin Clark, Taylar A. Rose, Anastasia M. Silverman, Wendy K. Lebowitz, Eli R. Res Sq Article Family accommodation, or changes in parental behavior aimed at avoiding or alleviating child anxiety-related distress, contributes to the severity of anxiety symptoms, and is most strongly associated with separation anxiety symptoms. This study examined whether child attachment security, characterized as the degree to which children perceive their parents to be reliable, available, and communicative, moderates the association between family accommodation and separation anxiety symptoms, and whether this moderator is specific to separation anxiety among other anxiety symptoms. In a sample of clinically anxious youth ( N  = 243, 6–12 yrs), family accommodation was significantly positively associated with separation anxiety symptoms across levels of attachment security. Family accommodation was more strongly associated with separation anxiety symptoms in children with lower attachment security compared with those with higher attachment security. No significant moderation effect emerged for other anxiety symptoms. Findings enhance understanding of the role of attachment within family accommodation of child anxiety. American Journal Experts 2023-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10690319/ /pubmed/38045422 http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3621755/v1 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.
spellingShingle Article
Weeks, Gillian A.
Sakmar, Elcin
Clark, Taylar A.
Rose, Anastasia M.
Silverman, Wendy K.
Lebowitz, Eli R.
Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment
title Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment
title_full Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment
title_fullStr Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment
title_full_unstemmed Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment
title_short Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment
title_sort family accommodation and separation anxiety: the moderating role of child attachment
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10690319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38045422
http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3621755/v1
work_keys_str_mv AT weeksgilliana familyaccommodationandseparationanxietythemoderatingroleofchildattachment
AT sakmarelcin familyaccommodationandseparationanxietythemoderatingroleofchildattachment
AT clarktaylara familyaccommodationandseparationanxietythemoderatingroleofchildattachment
AT roseanastasiam familyaccommodationandseparationanxietythemoderatingroleofchildattachment
AT silvermanwendyk familyaccommodationandseparationanxietythemoderatingroleofchildattachment
AT lebowitzelir familyaccommodationandseparationanxietythemoderatingroleofchildattachment