Which Fearful Toddlers Should We Worry about? Context, Fear Regulation, and Anxiety Risk

Autor/in	Buss, Kristin A.
Titel	Which Fearful Toddlers Should We Worry about? Context, Fear Regulation, and Anxiety Risk
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 47 (2011) 3, S.804-819 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0023227
Schlagwörter	Toddlers; Coping; Fear; Anxiety; Risk; Models; Self Control; Withdrawal (Psychology); Kindergarten; Prediction; Role; Context Effect; Developmental Stages; Child Development; Identification; Anxiety Disorders + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Bewältigung; Furcht; Angst; Risiko; Analogiemodell; Selbstbeherrschung; Rückzugsverhalten; Vorhersage; Rollen; Kindesentwicklung; Identifikation; Identifizierung
Abstract	In the current study, the author tested a model of risk for anxiety in fearful toddlers characterized by the toddlers' regulation of the intensity of withdrawal behavior across a variety of contexts. Participants included low-risk 24-month-old toddlers (N = 111) followed longitudinally each year through the fall of their kindergarten year. The key hypothesis was that being fearful in situations that are relatively low in threat (i.e., are predictable and controllable and in which children have many coping resources) is an early precursor to risk for anxiety development as measured by parental and teacher reports of children's anxious behaviors in kindergarten. Results supported the prediction such that it is not how much fear is expressed but when and how the fear is expressed that is important for characterizing adaptive behavior. Implications are discussed for a model of risk that includes the regulation of fear, the role of eliciting context, social wariness, and the importance of examining developmental transitions, such as the start of formal schooling. These findings have implications for the methods used to identify fearful children who may be at risk for developing anxiety-related problems. (Contains 4 tables, 6 footnotes and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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