Mothers' and fathers' worry and over-control: one step closer to understanding early adolescent social anxiety
Author(s)
Van Zalk, Nejra
Tillfors, Maria
Trost, Kari
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
This study investigated the links between parental worry, parental over-control and adolescent social anxiety in parent-adolescent dyads. Using a longitudinal sample of adolescents (Mage = 14.28) and their parents (224 mother–daughter, 234 mother–son, 51 father–daughter, and 47 father–son dyads), comparisons were conducted using cross-lagged path models across two time points. We used adolescent reports of social anxiety and feelings of being overly controlled by parents, and mother and father self-reports of worries. Our results show that boys’ social anxiety predicted higher perceived parental overcontrol, whereas girls’ social anxiety predicted higher paternal worry over time. In addition, girls’ reports of feeling overly controlled by parents predicted higher maternal worry but lower paternal worry over time. For boys, feeling overly controlled predicted less social anxiety instead. The study illustrates how mothers and fathers might differ in their behaviors and concerns regarding their children’s social anxiety and feelings of overcontrol.
Date Issued
2018-12-01
Date Acceptance
2018-05-04
Citation
Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2018, 49 (6), pp.917-927
ISSN
0009-398X
Publisher
Springer
Start Page
917
End Page
927
Journal / Book Title
Child Psychiatry and Human Development
Volume
49
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
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Subjects
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Psychology, Developmental
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Psychology
Social anxiety
Parental worry
Parental over-control
Emotion regulation
Early adolescence
CHILD ANXIETY
PARENTS
PHOBIA
GENDER
TEMPERAMENT
INVOLVEMENT
POPULATION
INHIBITION
PREVALENCE
ADJUSTMENT
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-05-06