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FAMILY FACTORS AND ANXIETY SYMPTOMS IN PREADOLESENCE. A MEDIATION MODEL
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Brumariu, Laura Elena
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Year and Degree
2007, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
Abstract
Attachment patterns (secure, ambivalent, avoidant, and disorganized) and parenting (acceptance and psychological control) are related to internalizing symptoms. We examined the unique and combined contribution of attachment and maternal parenting practices to anxiety symptoms in preadolescence. In addition, we assessed whether children’s cognitive distortions (catastrophizing, overgeneralizing, and personalizing) explained these relations. Eighty-seven 10 to 12 year-old children completed questionnaires of attachment and parental practices and an attachment story-stem interview. Results suggested that security, but not maternal acceptance, is a protective factor for developing anxiety. In addition, more disorganized or ambivalent children, and those experiencing higher levels of psychological control, reported more anxiety symptoms. Attachment and maternal rearing behavior each had a unique effect on anxiety level, and cognitive distortions mediated some of these effects.
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Kathryn Kerns (Advisor)
Keywords
attachment
;
parenting
;
anxiety
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Brumariu, L. E. (2007).
FAMILY FACTORS AND ANXIETY SYMPTOMS IN PREADOLESENCE. A MEDIATION MODEL
[Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1184424205
APA Style (7th edition)
Brumariu, Laura.
FAMILY FACTORS AND ANXIETY SYMPTOMS IN PREADOLESENCE. A MEDIATION MODEL.
2007. Kent State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1184424205.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Brumariu, Laura. "FAMILY FACTORS AND ANXIETY SYMPTOMS IN PREADOLESENCE. A MEDIATION MODEL." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1184424205
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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