2024
Parent Psychological Control and Youth Social Anxiety: Examining Attention Control and its Components as Moderators
Falcone M, Rey Y, Chong L, Marin C, Lebowitz E, Silverman W, Pettit J. Parent Psychological Control and Youth Social Anxiety: Examining Attention Control and its Components as Moderators. Cognitive Therapy And Research 2024, 1-9. DOI: 10.1007/s10608-024-10538-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchParental psychological controlYouth social anxietySocial anxietyPsychological controlAttentional controlAnxiety disorders specialty clinicHigh social anxietyTreatment developmentAnxietyClinical implicationsYouth attentionSpecialty clinicsYouthParentsModeratelyQuestionnaire dataEmpirical researchAttentionAssociationMethodsParticipantsControlImplications
2022
Do School-Based Accommodations Mitigate Anxiety-Related School Impairment for Socially Anxious Youth?
Martel S, Falcone M, Etkin R, Marin C, Lebowitz E, Silverman W. Do School-Based Accommodations Mitigate Anxiety-Related School Impairment for Socially Anxious Youth? European Journal Of Education And Psychology 2022, 15: 7-21. DOI: 10.32457/ejep.v15i2.1965.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIndividualized education planSchool impairmentSchool contextEducation planDo SchoolGrade levelSchoolsStudentsYouthAdditional moderatorsAccommodationPlanFurther researchSignificant moderation effectUnited StatesModeration effectSocial anxietyAnxietyDisabilityContextCurrent studyResearchParticipantsModerate associationChallenges
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 variabilityPhobiaMonotherapy Insufficient in Severe Anxiety? Predictors and Moderators in the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study
Taylor JH, Lebowitz ER, Jakubovski E, Coughlin CG, Silverman WK, Bloch MH. Monotherapy Insufficient in Severe Anxiety? Predictors and Moderators in the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2017, 47: 266-281. PMID: 28956620, PMCID: PMC6191182, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2017.1371028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal StudyCognitive behavioral therapyModerators of outcomeSevere anxietyCombination of CBTIndependent evaluator ratingsMultimodal studyParent-rated anxietySeparation anxiety disorderMain effect findingsObsessive-compulsive disorderAnxious youthSocial anxietyChild anxietyBehavioral therapyAnxiety severityPill placeboAnxiety disordersEvaluators' ratingsAnxietyModeratorSocioeconomic statusLow socioeconomic statusYouthEffect findings
2003
Clinical Distinctions Between Selective Mutism and Social Phobia: An Investigation of Childhood Psychopathology
YEGANEH R, BEIDEL DC, TURNER SM, PINA AA, SILVERMAN WK. Clinical Distinctions Between Selective Mutism and Social Phobia: An Investigation of Childhood Psychopathology. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2003, 42: 1069-1075. PMID: 12960706, DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000070262.24125.23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelective mutismSocial phobiaSocial anxietySocial anxiety disorderSelf-reported dataDelinquency subscaleTrait anxietyBroadband internalizingAnxiety disordersChildhood psychopathologyObserver ratingsExternalizing scalesSocial distressPhobiaGroup differencesGeneral fearAnxietyMutismHigher ratingsPsychopathologyChildrenFearRatingsExtreme levelsAge-matched controls
1998
Social Anxiety in Children with Anxiety Disorders: Relation with Social and Emotional Functioning
Ginsburg G, La Greca A, Silverman W. Social Anxiety in Children with Anxiety Disorders: Relation with Social and Emotional Functioning. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 1998, 26: 175-185. PMID: 9650624, DOI: 10.1023/a:1022668101048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial anxietyEmotional functioningAnxiety disordersSocial skillsPeer interactionsPoor social skillsSocial Anxiety ScaleNegative peer interactionsResponsible social behaviorThree-factor solutionAnxious childrenParent ratingsAnxiety ScaleSimple phobiaSocial behaviorPsychometric propertiesAnxietyAge 6Social acceptanceInternal consistencySASCClinic sampleFactor analysisFunctioningChildren