Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
7-2020
Publisher
Wiley
Source Publication
Journal of Clinical Psychology
Source ISSN
0021-9762
Original Item ID
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22941
Abstract
Objective
Parental accommodation contributes to the maintenance of child anxiety and related symptoms. The current study examines the contributions of parent and child factors to parental accommodation in a sample of anxious youth.
Methods
Sixty-four treatment-seeking youth (6–16 years) and their mothers, as well as a subset of fathers (N = 41) reported on parental accommodation, parental distress and emotion regulation, child psychopathology, child externalizing behaviors, and child intolerance of uncertainty.
Results
Parental accommodation was not related to parental distress or emotion regulation. Parents who viewed their child as being more symptomatic (e.g., anxious, externalizing, and intolerant of uncertainty) were more likely to engage in accommodation. For mothers, child anxiety and externalizing symptoms were notable predictors of accommodation.
Conclusions
Parent perceptions of child symptomology is an important factor significantly related to accommodation behaviors. This finding can be used to inform programming designed to target parental responses to child anxiety and related disorders.
Recommended Citation
O'Connor, Erin E.; Holly, Lindsay E.; Chevalier, Lydia L.; Pincus, Donna B.; and Langer, David A., "Parent and Child Emotion and Distress Responses Associated with Parental Accommodation of Child Anxiety Symptoms" (2020). Psychology Faculty Research and Publications. 490.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/psych_fac/490
Comments
Accepted version. Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol. 76, No. 7 (July 2020): 1309-1407. DOI. © 2020 Wiley. Used with permission.