Toddler Anxiety: Temperament/Neurophysiology & Parenting

描述(申请人提供)：这项研究将测试关于父母焦虑、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养育行为对幼儿焦虑困难的发展的贡献的理论模型。将对240名2岁儿童(约三分之一患有临床范围的焦虑症)进行为期5年的研究。家长和其他照顾者将完成关于广泛焦虑症状的问卷和访谈。儿童在5岁时也将接受采访。在每个年龄段，将调查儿童的神经生理机制和儿童对新奇事物的行为反应。育儿行为也将被系统地观察。分析将研究替代模型，描绘出导致焦虑随着时间的推移而增加的最重要的因素和机制。弄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.