2024
Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment
Weeks G, Sakmar E, Clark T, Rose A, Silverman W, Lebowitz E. Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment. Child Psychiatry & Human Development 2024, 1-10. PMID: 38755332, DOI: 10.1007/s10578-024-01705-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSeparation anxiety symptomsFamily accommodationAnxiety symptomsAttachment securitySeparation anxietyLevels of attachment securitySeverity of anxiety symptomsAssociated with separation anxietyNo significant moderating effectsClinically anxious childrenAnxiety-related distressHigher attachment securityChild attachment securityFindings enhance understandingAnxious childrenSignificant moderating effectChild anxietyChild attachmentParenting behaviorsAnxietyModerating roleModerating effectSymptomsChildrenAttachment
2017
Association between attention bias to threat and anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents
Abend R, de Voogd L, Salemink E, Wiers RW, Pérez‐Edgar K, Fitzgerald A, White LK, Salum GA, He J, Silverman WK, Pettit JW, Pine DS, Bar‐Haim Y. Association between attention bias to threat and anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents. Depression And Anxiety 2017, 35: 229-238. PMID: 29212134, PMCID: PMC6342553, DOI: 10.1002/da.22706.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric anxiety symptomsThreat biasAnxiety symptom severityAnxiety symptomsAttention biasSocial anxietySchool phobiaThreat-related attention biasesSeparation anxiety symptomsSymptom severityAttention biasesThreat biasesChild anxietyBias scoresMulti-site collaborationYouth sampleExtant findingsStandardized measuresGeneralized anxietyAnxietyDimensional approachInconsistent findingsAssessment tasksMethodological variabilityPhobia
2015
Salivary oxytocin in clinically anxious youth: Associations with separation anxiety and family accommodation
Lebowitz ER, Leckman JF, Feldman R, Zagoory-Sharon O, McDonald N, Silverman WK. Salivary oxytocin in clinically anxious youth: Associations with separation anxiety and family accommodation. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2015, 65: 35-43. PMID: 26716876, PMCID: PMC4895196, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.12.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSalivary OT levelsFamily accommodationSeparation anxiety disorderYouth anxietyAnxiety disordersAnxious youthInterpersonal behaviorSeparation anxietyOT levelsDSM-5 anxiety disordersSeparation anxiety symptomsTreatment of anxietyNeuropeptide oxytocinSalivary OTClinical anxietyMaternal ratingsSalivary oxytocinAnxiety symptomsOxytocinergic systemRegulation of anxietyAnxious behaviorOwn behaviorAnxiety assessmentAnxietyParental involvement
2010
Anxiety Symptoms in African American Children: Relations with Ethnic Pride, Anxiety Sensitivity, and Parenting
Gray C, Carter R, Silverman W. Anxiety Symptoms in African American Children: Relations with Ethnic Pride, Anxiety Sensitivity, and Parenting. Journal Of Child And Family Studies 2010, 20: 205-213. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-010-9422-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial anxiety symptomsAnxiety sensitivitySeparation anxiety symptomsAnxiety symptomsParental controlEthnic prideAfrican American childrenParental acceptanceAfrican American school childrenStructural equation modeling resultsHigher ethnic prideChild anxiety symptomsHigh anxiety sensitivityHigh parental acceptanceHigh parental controlAmerican childrenAvoidance symptomsParenting behaviorsHarm avoidanceAmerican school childrenSpecific dimensionsPhysical symptomsSchool childrenAnxietyPride