2022
Youth social functioning interacts with treatment arm, diagnosis, and gender to predict anxiety treatment outcome
Etkin RG, Marin CE, Silverman WK, Lebowitz ER. Youth social functioning interacts with treatment arm, diagnosis, and gender to predict anxiety treatment outcome. Behaviour Research And Therapy 2022, 156: 104160. PMID: 35870327, DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2022.104160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnxiety treatment outcomesYouth social functioningSocial skillsPositive social interactionsSocial functioningAnxiety diagnosesAnxiety disordersSocial interactionParent-based treatmentChildren's social skillsSocial anxiety disorderYouths' social skillsAnxiety symptom severityYouth genderTreatment outcomesDiagnostic InterviewSymptom severityClinical functioningFunctioningSkillsYouthPredictorsMultiple regression modelDisordersGender
2021
Does Training Parents in Reinforcement Skills or Relationship Skills Enhance Individual Youths’ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety? Outcome, Specificity, and Mediation
Silverman WK, Rey Y, Marin CE, Jaccard J, Pettit JW. Does Training Parents in Reinforcement Skills or Relationship Skills Enhance Individual Youths’ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety? Outcome, Specificity, and Mediation. Clinical Psychological Science 2021, 10: 355-373. PMID: 35599840, PMCID: PMC9122107, DOI: 10.1177/21677026211016402.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive behavioral therapyNegative reinforcementAnxiety reductionLower anxietyRelationship skillsYouth cognitive behavioral therapiesParental psychological controlBehavioral parenting skillsPrimary anxiety diagnosisReinforcement skillsPsychological controlIndividual CBTTraining parentsParenting skillsBehavioral therapyAnxiety diagnosesPartial mediationCBTParent involvementAnxietyTreatment specificitySkillsYouthFuture researchTreatment studies