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和特定父母行为对幼儿焦虑困难发展的贡献的理论模型。242岁的儿童（大约三分之一在临床范围内患有焦虑症）将被研究到5岁。家长和其他照顾者将完成关于广泛焦虑症状的问卷调查和访谈。儿童在达到5岁时也将接受采访。在每个年龄段，儿童神经生理机制和儿童对新奇事物的行为反应将被调查。父母的行为也将被系统地观察。分析将检查替代模型，描绘最重要的因素和机制，有助于增加焦虑随着时间的推移。澄清导致焦虑困难增加的途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.