Does childhood anxiety evoke maternal control? A genetically informed study.
BACKGROUND: Despite theoretical and empirical support for an association between maternal control and child anxiety, few studies have examined the origins of this association. Furthermore, none use observer-ratings of maternal control within a genetically informative design. This study addressed thr...
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| author | Eley, T Napolitano, M Lau, J Gregory, A |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Despite theoretical and empirical support for an association between maternal control and child anxiety, few studies have examined the origins of this association. Furthermore, none use observer-ratings of maternal control within a genetically informative design. This study addressed three questions: 1) do children who experience maternal control report higher anxiety levels than those who do not?; 2) to what extent do genetic and environmental factors influence maternal control and child anxiety?; 3) to what extent do genetic and environmental factors influence the associations between child anxiety and maternal control? METHOD: Five hundred and thirty 8-year-old children (from 265 twin pairs) and their mothers were observed participating in an 'etch-a-sketch' task from which maternal control was rated. Children rated their anxiety using the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders. RESULTS: Children who experienced maternal behaviour rated as 'extreme control' reported higher anxiety levels than those who did not. Maternal control was highly heritable (A = .63), high self-rated anxiety less so (h(2)(g) = .36). The overlap between high child anxiety and maternal control was primarily due to shared genetic factors. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that maternal control is likely to have been elicited by children with high levels of anxiety. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:146ba02c-0a5b-42f4-8b6e-8dc62a2fcbd32022-03-26T10:19:41ZDoes childhood anxiety evoke maternal control? A genetically informed study.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:146ba02c-0a5b-42f4-8b6e-8dc62a2fcbd3EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010Eley, TNapolitano, MLau, JGregory, ABACKGROUND: Despite theoretical and empirical support for an association between maternal control and child anxiety, few studies have examined the origins of this association. Furthermore, none use observer-ratings of maternal control within a genetically informative design. This study addressed three questions: 1) do children who experience maternal control report higher anxiety levels than those who do not?; 2) to what extent do genetic and environmental factors influence maternal control and child anxiety?; 3) to what extent do genetic and environmental factors influence the associations between child anxiety and maternal control? METHOD: Five hundred and thirty 8-year-old children (from 265 twin pairs) and their mothers were observed participating in an 'etch-a-sketch' task from which maternal control was rated. Children rated their anxiety using the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders. RESULTS: Children who experienced maternal behaviour rated as 'extreme control' reported higher anxiety levels than those who did not. Maternal control was highly heritable (A = .63), high self-rated anxiety less so (h(2)(g) = .36). The overlap between high child anxiety and maternal control was primarily due to shared genetic factors. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that maternal control is likely to have been elicited by children with high levels of anxiety. |
| spellingShingle | Eley, T Napolitano, M Lau, J Gregory, A Does childhood anxiety evoke maternal control? A genetically informed study. |
| title | Does childhood anxiety evoke maternal control? A genetically informed study. |
| title_full | Does childhood anxiety evoke maternal control? A genetically informed study. |
| title_fullStr | Does childhood anxiety evoke maternal control? A genetically informed study. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does childhood anxiety evoke maternal control? A genetically informed study. |
| title_short | Does childhood anxiety evoke maternal control? A genetically informed study. |
| title_sort | does childhood anxiety evoke maternal control a genetically informed study |
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