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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...
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2023
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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 |
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author | Weeks, Gillian A. Sakmar, Elcin Clark, Taylar A. Rose, Anastasia M. Silverman, Wendy K. Lebowitz, Eli R. |
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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. |
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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 |
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Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment
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Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment
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Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment
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title_full_unstemmed |
Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment
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Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment
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title_sort | family accommodation and separation anxiety: the moderating role of child attachment |
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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 |
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