2023
Affective Language Spreads Between Anxious Children and Their Mothers During a Challenging Puzzle Task
Nook E, Nardini C, Zacharek S, Hommel G, Spencer H, Martino A, Morra A, Flores S, Anderson T, Marin C, Silverman W, Lebowitz E, Gee D. Affective Language Spreads Between Anxious Children and Their Mothers During a Challenging Puzzle Task. Emotion 2023, 23: 1513-1521. PMID: 36595385, PMCID: PMC10314965, DOI: 10.1037/emo0001203.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative affect wordsChallenging puzzle taskAffect wordsAffective languagePuzzle taskEffective emotion regulationSpread of emotionsEmotion regulationNeuroscientific levelAnxious childrenEmotional influencesWord useBidirectional influenceAnxiety disordersBidirectional relationsMother's directionsMental healthEmotionsFuture researchWordsCurrent studyLanguageChildrenTaskMothersParent Accommodation Contemporaneously Mediates the Association Between Youth Irritability and Youth Anxiety Treatment Outcome
Cabrera V, Buitron V, Patriarca G, Rey Y, Lebowitz E, Silverman W, Pettit J. Parent Accommodation Contemporaneously Mediates the Association Between Youth Irritability and Youth Anxiety Treatment Outcome. Behavior Therapy 2023, 54: 852-862. PMID: 37597962, PMCID: PMC10440415, DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2023.03.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYouth anxiety severityParent accommodationCognitive-behavioral treatmentYouth irritabilityAnxiety treatment outcomesAnxiety severityChild anxietyPrimary anxiety disorder diagnosisAnxiety disorder diagnosisAnxious youthYouth anxietyYouth ages 6Adolescent irritabilityAnxiety outcomesBehavioral treatmentAnxiety protocolAnxietyGreater impairmentDisorder diagnosisAge 6Treatment outcomesFuture researchPosttreatmentIrritabilityResearch documents
2021
Does Training Parents in Reinforcement Skills or Relationship Skills Enhance Individual Youths’ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety? Outcome, Specificity, and Mediation
Silverman WK, Rey Y, Marin CE, Jaccard J, Pettit JW. Does Training Parents in Reinforcement Skills or Relationship Skills Enhance Individual Youths’ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety? Outcome, Specificity, and Mediation. Clinical Psychological Science 2021, 10: 355-373. PMID: 35599840, PMCID: PMC9122107, DOI: 10.1177/21677026211016402.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive behavioral therapyNegative reinforcementAnxiety reductionLower anxietyRelationship skillsYouth cognitive behavioral therapiesParental psychological controlBehavioral parenting skillsPrimary anxiety diagnosisReinforcement skillsPsychological controlIndividual CBTTraining parentsParenting skillsBehavioral therapyAnxiety diagnosesPartial mediationCBTParent involvementAnxietyTreatment specificitySkillsYouthFuture researchTreatment studies
2020
Converging Multi-modal Evidence for Implicit Threat-Related Bias in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders
Abend R, Bajaj MA, Matsumoto C, Yetter M, Harrewijn A, Cardinale EM, Kircanski K, Lebowitz ER, Silverman WK, Bar-Haim Y, Lazarov A, Leibenluft E, Brotman M, Pine DS. Converging Multi-modal Evidence for Implicit Threat-Related Bias in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2020, 49: 227-240. PMID: 33095373, PMCID: PMC7839316, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-020-00712-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric anxiety disordersAnxiety disordersThreat biasImplicit biasHealthy peersImplicit bias measuresMulti-modal evidenceTask performanceBias measuresNegative relativeWhole-body movementsMultiple tasksTaskImplicit threatFuture researchPeersGreater tendencyDisordersFaceBiasAnxietyYouthThreatMeasuresEvidenceResearch Review: Recommendations for reporting on treatment trials for child and adolescent anxiety disorders – an international consensus statement
Creswell C, Nauta MH, Hudson JL, March S, Reardon T, Arendt K, Bodden D, Cobham VE, Donovan C, Halldorsson B, In‐Albon T, Ishikawa S, Johnsen DB, Jolstedt M, de Jong R, Kreuze L, Mobach L, Rapee RM, Spence SH, Thastum M, Utens E, Vigerland S, Wergeland GJ, Essau CA, Albano AM, Chu B, Khanna M, Silverman WK, Kendall PC. Research Review: Recommendations for reporting on treatment trials for child and adolescent anxiety disorders – an international consensus statement. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2020, 62: 255-269. PMID: 32683742, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13283.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnxiety disordersAdolescent anxiety disordersAccessibility of interventionsDomains of functioningYoung peopleGuide Future ResearchAnxiety diagnosesRange of outcomesSymptom reductionFuture researchOutcome measuresAdvance understandingFaulty conclusionsChildrenTreatment trialsTreatment approachesDisordersPeoplePharmacological treatmentResearchMeasuresFunctioningStudy outcome measuresSocietal costsParents
2019
Contemporary family psychotherapy: Behavioral and cognitive-behavioral theories.
Mack K, Lebowitz E, Silverman W. Contemporary family psychotherapy: Behavioral and cognitive-behavioral theories. 2019, 57-73. DOI: 10.1037/0000099-004.ChaptersCognitive-behavioral theoryCognitive-behavioral interventionsMental health concernsCognitive therapyBehavioral coupleInterpersonal problemsFamily formatBehavioral interventionsFamily therapyFamily psychotherapyBehavioral theoryCore characteristicsFuture researchTheoretical frameworkBehaviorismPotential directionsCouplesDyadicPsychotherapyFoundational conceptsHealth concernTheoryContemporary scienceInterventionFamily
2016
Attentional Control Scale for Children: Factor Structure and Concurrent Validity Among Children and Adolescents Referred for Anxiety Disorders
Melendez R, Bechor M, Rey Y, Pettit JW, Silverman WK. Attentional Control Scale for Children: Factor Structure and Concurrent Validity Among Children and Adolescents Referred for Anxiety Disorders. Journal Of Clinical Psychology 2016, 73: 489-499. PMID: 27459398, PMCID: PMC5545119, DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional Control ScaleAttentional controlSelf-rating scaleControl ScaleFactor structureAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderConcurrent validityYouth anxiety symptomsDeficit hyperactivity disorderAdolescents ReferredAttentional shiftingAttentional focusingParent ratingsCorrelated subscalesYouth diagnosesAnxiety symptomsExploratory factor analysisAnxiety disordersSelf ratingsSubscale scoresRetest reliabilityFactor analysisFuture researchDepressive symptomsChildren
2015
Children in War and Disaster
Masten A, Narayan A, Silverman W, Osofsky J. Children in War and Disaster. 2015, 1-42. DOI: 10.1002/9781118963418.childpsy418.ChaptersRelational developmental systems theoryTrauma of disasterGlobal child developmentExperience of warModerators of riskDevelopmental systems theoryLittle empirical researchPolitical conflictProcess of riskResilience frameworkYoung peopleCultural processesProcess of adaptationDevelopmental theoryMass traumaChild developmentDevelopmental cascadeWarEmpirical researchSociocultural levelHuman capacityExtant literatureDisastersFuture researchResilience
2009
Moving Beyond Efficacy and Effectiveness in Child and Adolescent Intervention Research
La Greca AM, Silverman WK, Lochman JE. Moving Beyond Efficacy and Effectiveness in Child and Adolescent Intervention Research. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology 2009, 77: 373-382. PMID: 19485580, DOI: 10.1037/a0015954.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychological treatmentSpecific psychological treatmentsPreventive interventionsJournal of ConsultingClinical psychologyAdolescent problemsPsychological servicesDiverse community settingsBehavioral problemsComplex research designsIntervention researchTreatment modelMental health careEvidence-based explanationsFuture researchYouthCommunity settingsChildrenPrevention researchResearch designSpecial sectionTreatment outcomesPsychologyResearchIntervention
2005
Evidence-Based Assessment of Anxiety and Its Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Silverman WK, Ollendick TH. Evidence-Based Assessment of Anxiety and Its Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2005, 34: 380-411. PMID: 16026211, DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3403_2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
CHILDHOOD BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS
Northey. WF, Wells KC, Silverman WK, Bailey CE. CHILDHOOD BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS. Journal Of Marital And Family Therapy 2003, 29: 523-545. PMID: 14593693, DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2003.tb01693.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily-based interventionsEmotional disordersCognitive-behavioral family therapyFamily therapyBehavioral family therapyAnxiety disordersFamily treatmentInternalizing disordersParent managementTherapy modelChildhood behavioralFuture researchDisordersIndividual treatmentNumber of studiesInterventionMore researchBehavioralResearchDepressionChildhoodImplicationsA Comparison of Completers and Noncompleters of Exposure-Based Cognitive and Behavioral Treatment for Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in Youth
Pina AA, Silverman WK, Weems CF, Kurtines WM, Goldman ML. A Comparison of Completers and Noncompleters of Exposure-Based Cognitive and Behavioral Treatment for Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in Youth. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology 2003, 71: 701-705. PMID: 12924675, DOI: 10.1037/0022-006x.71.4.701.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExposure-based cognitive-behavioral treatmentCognitive-behavioral treatmentComparison of CompletersTreatment completersBehavioral treatmentAnxiety disordersPast researchAttrition researchFuture researchNoncompletersCompletersTerms of lackCognitivePhobicsResearchYouthParentsChildrenSessionsDisordersContextFindingsResearch on Information-Processing Factors in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology: A Critical Commentary
Vasey MW, Dalgleish T, Silverman WK. Research on Information-Processing Factors in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology: A Critical Commentary. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2003, 32: 81-93. PMID: 12573934, DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3201_08.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdolescent psychopathologyInformation-processing factorsInformation processing factorsClinical childCognitive factorsAdolescent psychologyP paradigmPsychometric issuesPsychopathology researchersPsychopathologyFuture researchHeuristic frameworkSuch factorsChildrenSuch researchParadigmSpecial sectionPsychologyCritical commentaryMaintenance of childrenResearchArt of researchNumber of limitationsTheoryChildhood
2001
Test-Retest Reliability of Anxiety Symptoms and Diagnoses With the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: Child and Parent Versions
SILVERMAN W, SAAVEDRA L, PINA A. Test-Retest Reliability of Anxiety Symptoms and Diagnoses With the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: Child and Parent Versions. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2001, 40: 937-944. PMID: 11501694, DOI: 10.1097/00004583-200108000-00016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnxiety disordersTest-retest reliabilityAnxiety symptomsDSM-IV anxiety disorder symptomsParent versionDSM-IVAnxiety disorder symptomsSeparation anxiety disorderTest-retest intervalSocial phobiaDisorder symptomsSpecific phobiaADISFuture researchPhobiaSymptom scale scoresInterview informationReliable instrumentExcellent reliabilityChildrenReliability coefficientsDisordersParentsScale scoreSymptoms
1997
The relation between anxiety sensitivity and depression in children and adolescents referred for anxiety
Weems C, Hammond-Laurence K, Silverman W, Ferguson C. The relation between anxiety sensitivity and depression in children and adolescents referred for anxiety. Behaviour Research And Therapy 1997, 35: 961-966. PMID: 9401137, DOI: 10.1016/s0005-7967(97)00049-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1995
Test-retest reliability of the DSM-III-R childhood anxiety disorders symptoms using the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for children
Silverman W, Rabian B. Test-retest reliability of the DSM-III-R childhood anxiety disorders symptoms using the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for children. Journal Of Anxiety Disorders 1995, 9: 139-150. DOI: 10.1016/0887-6185(94)00032-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTest-retest reliabilityAnxiety disordersAnxiety Disorders Interview ScheduleSeparation anxiety disorderChildhood anxietyOveranxious disorderParent reportAvoidant disorderChild reportsAnxiety clinicFuture researchChildrenInterview scheduleParentsDisordersYears of ageAge groupsAnxietyChildren 6Research
1992
Listening to our clinical partners: Informing researchers about children's fears and phobias
Silverman W, Kearley C. Listening to our clinical partners: Informing researchers about children's fears and phobias. Journal Of Behavior Therapy And Experimental Psychiatry 1992, 23: 71-76. PMID: 1460102, DOI: 10.1016/0005-7916(92)90003-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTypes of fearFears/phobiasIntensity of fearLength of treatmentLength of historyType of treatmentChildren's fearsClinical psychologistsTreatment characteristicsParental involvementPhobiaFearFuture researchClinical partnersNational sampleTreatmentTreatment methodsEmpirical baseChildrenImportant linePsychologistsGrazianoCliniciansFindings
1988
The Influence of Gender on Children's Ratings of Fear in Self and Same-Aged Peers
Silverman W, Nelles W. The Influence of Gender on Children's Ratings of Fear in Self and Same-Aged Peers. The Journal Of Genetic Psychology 1988, 149: 17-21. PMID: 3373184, DOI: 10.1080/00221325.1988.10532134.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSame-aged peersFear Survey ScheduleNine-year-old childrenChildren's fearsChildren's ratingsSurvey ScheduleOpposite genderFearOwn fearsInfluence of genderFuture researchGender differencesSame genderPeersRatingsChildrenGirlsBoysFemale judgesGenderPresent studyTerms of intensitySelfImplicationsJudges
1987
Assessing Children's and Adults' Expectations for Child Self-Control
Burke A, Solotar L, Silverman W, Israel A. Assessing Children's and Adults' Expectations for Child Self-Control. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 1987, 16: 37-42. DOI: 10.1207/s15374424jccp1601_5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdults' expectationsSelf-control training programSelf-control performanceChildren's self controlSelf-control behaviorThird-grade girlsChildren's displaysSelf-ControlParents' expectationsSixth gradeHigh expectationsAssessing ChildrenYoung childrenOlder childrenTraining programFuture researchChildrenGirlsBoysChecklistExpectationsDisplayParentsAdultsImplications