The relationship between anxious rearing behaviours and anxiety disorders symptomatology in normal children

The present study examined the relationship between perceived parental rear ing practices, in particular anxious rearing behaviours, and anxiety sympto ms. One-hundred and seventeen school children aged between 9 and 12 years c ompleted the EMBU for children, a questionnaire that measures perceptions o f parental rearing behaviours, and the Children's Anxiety Scale, an index o f DSM-defined anxiety disorders symptoms. Results showed that there were si gnificant and positive associations between Parental Rejection, Anxious Rea ring, and Parental Control, on the one hand, and anxiety symptoms, on the o ther hand Emotional Warmth was not related to anxiety symptoms. (C) 1999 El sevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.