2024
Family Accommodation in Anxious Irritable and Anxious Nonirritable Youth
Budagzad-Jacobson R, Musicaro R, Marin C, Silverman W, Lebowitz E. Family Accommodation in Anxious Irritable and Anxious Nonirritable Youth. Behavior Therapy 2024, 55: 913-921. PMID: 39174269, PMCID: PMC11341947, DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2024.03.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFamily accommodationIrritable youthYouth anxietyParent ratingsCo-occurrence of anxietyLevels of irritabilityInfluence of irritabilityClinic-referredAnxiety disordersDiagnostic InterviewChild anxietyYouth ratingsAnxietyAccommodation behaviorAnxiety levelsTreatment targetModerating effectIrritability levelsYouthCo-occurrenceParentsIrritationDisordersFindingsAssociation
2023
Mothers’ Psychological Control and Accommodation are Associated with More Severe Anxiety in Hispanic Youth
Seligman L, Marin C, Hovey J, Rey Y, Pettit J, Lebowitz E, Silverman W. Mothers’ Psychological Control and Accommodation are Associated with More Severe Anxiety in Hispanic Youth. Child Psychiatry & Human Development 2023, 1-11. PMID: 37470923, DOI: 10.1007/s10578-023-01567-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychological controlChild anxietyHispanic familiesChild anxiety treatmentMothers' psychological controlFathers of youthProtective parenting behaviorsHispanic youthParental accommodationPsychological accommodationSample of mothersParenting behaviorsAversive experiencesParenting stylesAnxiety treatmentNegative reinforcementModel hypothesizingAnxietyWhite samplesSevere anxietyYouthStyleParentingFathersFindingsMaternal FGF2 levels associated with child anxiety and depression symptoms through child FGF2 levels
Lebowitz E, Marin C, Orbach M, Salmaso N, Vaccarino F, Silverman W. Maternal FGF2 levels associated with child anxiety and depression symptoms through child FGF2 levels. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2023, 326: 193-197. PMID: 36717031, PMCID: PMC10104478, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.01.090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFGF2 levelsDepressive symptomsDepression symptomsChild anxietySymptoms of anxietyRatings of anxietyGrowth factor 2Maternal anxietySymptomsDepressed childrenDepressionChild depressionMothersChildrenFactor 2Self-report ratingsAnxietyIntergenerational pathwaysNon-referred childrenRange of anxietyFGF2AssociationLevelsMaternal
2021
Directional effects of parent and child anxiety 1 year following treatment of child anxiety, and the mediational role of parent psychological control
Silverman WK, Marin CE, Rey Y, Jaccard J, Pettit JW. Directional effects of parent and child anxiety 1 year following treatment of child anxiety, and the mediational role of parent psychological control. Depression And Anxiety 2021, 38: 1289-1297. PMID: 34464490, PMCID: PMC8664994, DOI: 10.1002/da.23210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParents’ psychological controlPsychological controlChild anxietyCognitive behavioral therapyParent anxietyIndividual cognitive behavioral therapyChild's ageAnxiety 1 yearTreatment targetsMediational roleEvidence of childrenBehavioral therapyRecent efficacy trialsParent involvementAnxietyPosttreatmentDirectional effectsParentsClinical implicationsCBT armEvidence of parentChildrenTreatment effectsModeratorEfficacy trials
2019
Latino and Non-Latino Parental Treatment Preferences for Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders
Seligman LD, Hovey JD, Ibarra M, Hurtado G, Marin CE, Silverman WK. Latino and Non-Latino Parental Treatment Preferences for Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders. Child Psychiatry & Human Development 2019, 51: 617-624. PMID: 31807934, DOI: 10.1007/s10578-019-00945-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive behavioral therapyLatino parentsChild anxietyNon-Latino white parentsAdolescent anxiety disordersParental involvementParental treatment preferencesPerception of burdenMental health treatmentNon-Latino parentsPotential treatment barriersYouth anxietyBehavioral therapyAnxiety disordersChild's treatmentParent involvementTreatment involvementAnxietyHealth treatmentWhite parentsTreatment barriersParents' preferencesGreater preferenceParentsCurrent studyMeasuring Family Accommodation of Childhood Anxiety: Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Validity, and Reliability of the Parent and Child Family Accommodation Scale – Anxiety
Lebowitz ER, Marin CE, Silverman WK. Measuring Family Accommodation of Childhood Anxiety: Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Validity, and Reliability of the Parent and Child Family Accommodation Scale – Anxiety. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2019, 49: 752-760. PMID: 31136200, PMCID: PMC6881529, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2019.1614002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConfirmatory factor analysisFamily accommodationChildhood anxietyExploratory factor analysisTest-retest reliabilityFactor analysisChild anxiety symptomsChild depression symptomsChild-parent dyadsTwo-factor modelTest-retest reliability dataChild anxietyAnxiety symptomsFamily routinesDivergent validityDepression symptomsTest-retest dataConvergent validityFactorial structureKey constructsAnxietyAccommodation measuresTheory developmentClinical applicationStudy objectiveParental Predictors of School Attendance Difficulties in Children Referred to an Anxiety Disorders Clinic
Marin C, Anderson T, Lebowitz E, Silverman W. Parental Predictors of School Attendance Difficulties in Children Referred to an Anxiety Disorders Clinic. European Journal Of Education And Psychology 2019, 12: 31-46. DOI: 10.30552/ejep.v12i1.239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSchool attendance difficultiesParental psychological controlFamily accommodationParental depressionPsychological controlParental factorsParental anxietyAttendance difficultiesAnxiety Disorders ClinicAnxious childrenChildhood anxietyChild anxietyImportant predictive roleParent ratingsParental variablesChild depressionBehavior problemsParental predictorsAnxietyChild's ageSignificant predictorsSchool hoursHigh levelsDisorders ClinicChildren
2017
The Role of Metacognitions in the Association between Children’s Perceptions of Maternal Control and Anxiety
Lønfeldt N, Marin C, Silverman W, Reinholdt-Dunne M, Esbjørn B. The Role of Metacognitions in the Association between Children’s Perceptions of Maternal Control and Anxiety. Journal Of Child And Family Studies 2017, 26: 1398-1408. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-017-0664-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaternal psychological controlPsychological controlMetacognitive modelCognitive vulnerabilityRole of metacognitionLevel of anxietyAnxious cognitionsSpecific metacognitionsMetacognitive theoryChild anxietyMetacognitive therapyDevelopmental perspectiveChildren's perceptionsRole experiencesMetacognitionCross-sectional designAnxietyDifferential findingsMaternal controlDanish school childrenSchool childrenPerceptionClinical implicationsParental componentsChildren
2015
Family accommodation mediates the association between anxiety symptoms in mothers and children
Jones JD, Lebowitz ER, Marin CE, Stark KD. Family accommodation mediates the association between anxiety symptoms in mothers and children. Journal Of Child And Adolescent Mental Health 2015, 27: 41-51. PMID: 25958796, DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2015.1007866.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily accommodationChild anxietyStructural equation modellingAnxiety symptomsMaternal anxietySubclinical anxiety symptomsPediatric anxiety disordersDevelopment of interventionsChild avoidMothers of childrenMediational roleGreater symptom severityAnxiety disordersOwn anxietyMaternal accommodationAnxietyEquation modellingPoor treatment outcomesSymptom severityParentsChildrenTreatment outcomesAccommodationYouthMothers