2024
Responding to threat: Associations between neural reactivity to and behavioral avoidance of threat in pediatric anxiety
Kitt E, Zacharek S, Odriozola P, Nardini C, Hommel G, Martino A, Anderson T, Spencer H, Broussard A, Dean J, Marin C, Silverman W, Lebowitz E, Gee D. Responding to threat: Associations between neural reactivity to and behavioral avoidance of threat in pediatric anxiety. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 351: 818-826. PMID: 38290579, PMCID: PMC10981528, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.204.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReactivity to threatMeasures of avoidanceVentral anterior insulaClinician-based measuresNeural reactivityPediatric anxietyAnxiety disordersBehavioral avoidanceFunctional magnetic resonance imaging taskAmygdala functional connectivityVentromedial prefrontal cortexTreatment-seeking sampleAvoidance of threatClinically significant constructsAssociated with tasksGeneralizability of findingsPrefrontal cortexAnterior insulaNeural findingsLaboratory tasksFunctional connectivityAnxietyAmygdalaAvoidanceSignificant constructs
2022
Family accommodation in pediatric anxiety: Relations with avoidance and self-efficacy
Kitt ER, Lewis KM, Galbraith J, Abend R, Smith AR, Lebowitz ER, Pine DS, Gee DG. Family accommodation in pediatric anxiety: Relations with avoidance and self-efficacy. Behaviour Research And Therapy 2022, 154: 104107. PMID: 35613517, PMCID: PMC9271364, DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2022.104107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily accommodationPediatric anxietyAnxiety disordersNon-anxious controlsClinician ratingsPediatric anxiety disordersReal-world behaviorImportant preliminary insightsBody of researchLaboratory tasksMediation modelGreater avoidanceAge 8AnxietyDistinct measuresUntested relationsFuture researchYouthRobust associationAvoidanceBehavioral factorsRatingsPreliminary insightsEarly identificationDisorders