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Parental Overprotection and Child Anxiety Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Perceived Control of Anxiety

Manley, Shannon Marie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo151324581680924

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2017, Master of Arts, University of Toledo, Psychology - Clinical.
Barlow’s (1998, 2000, 2002) triple vulnerability model of anxiety suggests that anxiety develops as a result of risk factors at three different levels: the general biological component, the general psychological component, and the specific psychological component. Risk resulting from the general psychological component is hypothesized to contribute to the diathesis of anxiety by the individual learning through early experiences that they do not have control over anxiety-related events and feelings. Chorpita, Brown, and Barlow (1998) tested this hypothesis and found that the relationship between overcontrol in the family environment and child anxiety was mediated by children’s locus of control. The purpose of the current study was to reexamine the Chorpita et al. (1998) mediational model using more contemporary and precise statistical analyses and measures of the key constructs of interest—namely parent overprotection, perceived control of anxiety, and an updated measure of child anxiety symptoms. A school sample of 138 children (M = 11.09, SD = 1.75) completed self-report measures as part of a larger study. Results indicated that child perceived control of anxiety was significantly related to child anxiety in the predicted direction, but that parent overprotection was unrelated to child anxiety and correlated in the opposite direction than predicted with perceived control of anxiety. Child perceived control of anxiety was found to partially mediate the relationship between parent overprotection and child anxiety. These results support the proposal that low and high perceived control of anxiety serve as risk and protective factors for child anxiety, respectively.
Sarah Francis, PhD (Committee Chair)
Peter Mezo, PhD (Committee Member)
Mojisola Tiamiyu, PhD (Committee Member)
Clinical Psychology
child anxiety, overprotection, perceived control of anxiety, parenting, mediation

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  • Manley, S. M. (2017). Parental Overprotection and Child Anxiety Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Perceived Control of Anxiety [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo151324581680924

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Manley, Shannon. Parental Overprotection and Child Anxiety Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Perceived Control of Anxiety. 2017. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo151324581680924.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Manley, Shannon. "Parental Overprotection and Child Anxiety Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Perceived Control of Anxiety." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo151324581680924

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