Sixty-seven children aged 7 to 14 who met diagnostic criteria for an anxiet
y disorder were assigned to conditions according to parental anxiety level.
Within these conditions, children were randomly assigned to I of 2 treatme
nts: child-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) or child-focused CBT
plus parental anxiety management (CBT + PAM). At posttreatment, results ind
icated that within the child-anxiety-only condition, 82% of the children in
the CBT condition no longer met criteria for an anxiety disorder compared
with 80% in the CBT + PAM condition. Within the child + parental anxiety co
ndition, 39% in the CBT condition no longer met criteria compared with 77%
in the CBT + PAM condition. At follow-up, these differences were maintained
, with some weakening over time. Results were not consistent across outcome
measures. The interpretation and potential clinical implications of these
findings are discussed.