Toddler Anxiety: Temperament/Neurophysiology & Parenting

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究将测试有关父母焦虑、环境压力、儿童神经生理机制、儿童对新奇事物的行为反应以及特定的父母行为对幼儿焦虑困难增加的贡献的理论模型。将对240名2岁儿童（约三分之一患有临床范围内的焦虑）进行研究，直至5岁。父母和其他照顾者将完成有关广泛的焦虑症状的问卷调查和访谈。儿童在年满5岁时也将接受面谈。在每个年龄段，儿童神经生理机制和儿童行为反应的新颖性将被调查。还将系统地观察育儿行为。分析将检查替代模型，描述随着时间的推移导致焦虑增加的最重要因素和机制。厘清焦虑障碍发展的路径和因素，将为干预策略的创新提供重要信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This research will test theoretical models concerning the contributions of parental anxiety, environmental stress, child neurophysiological mechanisms, child behavioral reactivity to novelty and specified parenting behaviors towards the development of increasing difficulties with anxiety in young children. Two hundred and forty 2 year-old children (approximately one-third with anxiety in the clinical range) will be studied through 5 years of age. Parents and other caregivers will complete questionnaires and interviews concerning a wide range of anxiety symptoms. Children will also be interviewed when they reach 5 years of age. At each age, child neurophysiological mechanisms and child behavioral reactivity to novelty will be investigated. Parenting behaviors will also be systematically observed. Analyses will examine alternative models, delineating the most important factors and mechanisms that contribute to increasing anxiety over time. Clarifying the pathways and factors that lead to the development of increasing difficulties with anxiety will provide crucial information for the innovation of intervention strategies.