Maternal and Child Anxiety: Do Attachment Beliefs and Parenting Behaviors Mediate the Association?

This paper examines the role of attachment beliefs and parenting behaviors on the association between maternal and child anxiety in a community sample of mothers and their children aged 6-17 (N = 89). Maternal anxiety was assessed through the SCL-90 & STAI-T. Child anxiety was assessed through the RCMAS-C, STAIC-T, RCMAS-P, & CBCL. Attachment beliefs were assessed through the Experiences in Close Relationships (maternal) and the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (child). Parenting behaviors were assessed through the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire and the Children's Report of Parent Behavior Inventory. Significant associations were found between maternal and child anxiety, attachment beliefs, and parenting. Multiple regression analysis indicated that Anxious Attachment Beliefs and Parental Involvement appeared to mediate the association between maternal and child anxiety. Findings are discussed in terms of elucidating the role of attachment beliefs and parenting behaviors on the association between maternal and child anxiety.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year

2004

Author dc:creator

• Costa, Natalie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Weems, Carl
• Frick, Paul
• Silverthorn, Persephonie

• Parent-child relationships
• Mediation
• Psychological control
• Anxious attachment
• insecure attachment
• parental involvement
• parent-child interactions

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/163

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-1167