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Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY
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.