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 anxietyYouthStyleParentingFathersFindingsOxytocin as a Biomarker of Differential Effects to SPACE vs. CBT Treatment of Child Anxiety Disorders
Zilcha-Mano S, Orbach M, Malka M, Lebowitz E. Oxytocin as a Biomarker of Differential Effects to SPACE vs. CBT Treatment of Child Anxiety Disorders. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2023, ahead-of-print: 1-9. PMID: 37166402, PMCID: PMC10638466, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2023.2188557.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSalivary OT levelsLine of researchAnxiety treatmentPositive mother-child interactionsChild anxiety treatmentChild anxiety disordersChildhood anxiety treatmentMother-child interactionMother-child dyadsHigher baseline levelsChildhood anxietyCBT treatmentGreater treatment efficacyDyadic interactionsAnxiety disordersTarget of treatmentOutcome moderatorsDisorder ScalePeripheral oxytocinEmotional Disorders (SCARED) scaleOT levelsNovel treatment targetsCBTModeratorMixed resultsChapter 19 Working with parents in the treatment of child and adolescent anxiety
Etkin R, Lebowitz E, Silverman W. Chapter 19 Working with parents in the treatment of child and adolescent anxiety. 2023, 341-358. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-99613-6.00003-x.ChaptersAnxiety treatmentAdolescent anxietyAnxiety disordersChild anxiety treatmentIndividual child treatmentsAdolescent anxiety disordersExtant evidence baseParent variablesTreatment literatureChild's treatmentParent involvementParents' roleTreatment of childrenTheoretical importanceConsiderable methodological variationsEtiology of childrenMethodological variationsAnxietyParentsChildrenInvolvement approachEvidence baseValid inferencesConcrete recommendationsRich literature
2020
Parent-Child Agreement on Family Accommodation Differentially Predicts Outcomes of Child-Based and Parent-Based Child Anxiety Treatment
Zilcha-Mano S, Shimshoni Y, Silverman WK, Lebowitz ER. Parent-Child Agreement on Family Accommodation Differentially Predicts Outcomes of Child-Based and Parent-Based Child Anxiety Treatment. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2020, 50: 427-439. PMID: 32401557, PMCID: PMC8496486, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2020.1756300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParent-child agreementFamily accommodationMultilevel response-surface analysisAnxious Childhood EmotionsChild anxiety treatmentChild anxiety severityCognitive behavioral therapyAnxiety symptom severityDistinct underlying mechanismsChildhood EmotionsChildhood anxietySupportive parentingAnxiety treatmentParent reportBehavioral therapyRole of accommodationAnxiety severityAnxiety disordersPoor treatment outcomesTreatment outcomesSymptom severitySubsequent treatment outcomesTreatment endSignificant predictorsChildren