The Parental Overprotection Scale: Associations with child and parental anxiety

The Parental Overprotection Scale: Associations with child and parental anxiety☆

BACKGROUND Parental overprotection has commonly been implicated in the development and maintenance of childhood anxiety disorders. Overprotection has been assessed using questionnaire and observational methods interchangeably; however, the extent to which these methods access the same construct has received little attention. Edwards et al. (2008, 2010) developed a promising parent-report measur...

Parental responsibility beliefs: associations with parental anxiety and behaviours in the context of childhood anxiety disorders

BACKGROUND High levels of parental anxiety are associated with poor treatment outcomes for children with anxiety disorders. Associated parental cognitions and behaviours have been implicated as impediments to successful treatment. We examined the association between parental responsibility beliefs, maternal anxiety and parenting behaviours in the context of childhood anxiety disorders. METHOD...

Predictive associations of parental solicitation, parental control, and child disclosure with adolescent alcohol and cannabis use

Parental expectancies and childhood anxiety disorders: psychometric properties of the Parental Expectancies Scale.

The current study examined the psychometric properties of the Parental Expectancies Scale (PES) in childhood anxiety disorder and normative samples. The PES is a 20-item self-report instrument that assesses five dimensions of parental expectancies in academic, extra-curricular, household, social, and general success areas. Results indicated that the PES has high test-retest reliability and inte...

Associations between parental and child overweight and obesity.

Results of the analysis showed that parents and children overweight/obesity were significantly correlated. The sample includes 318 pairs of mothers and children, and 336 pairs of fathers and children at the age 11.3 +/- 0.4 years in Trogir, Croatia. Child overweight and obesity were defined according to body mass index (BMI) 25 and 30 equivalents (kg/m2). The prevalence of total overweight in g...