2012
Social Skills as a Mediator Between Anxiety Symptoms and Peer Interactions Among Children and Adolescents
Motoca LM, Williams S, Silverman WK. Social Skills as a Mediator Between Anxiety Symptoms and Peer Interactions Among Children and Adolescents. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2012, 41: 329-336. PMID: 22471319, PMCID: PMC3348994, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2012.668843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYouth anxiety symptomsNegative peer interactionsSocial skillsParent ratingsAnxiety symptomsPeer interactionsYouth sexStructural equation modeling resultsPositive peer interactionsPrimary social phobiaAnxiety problemsSocial phobiaYouth ratingsSignificant moderatorCross-sectional designYouth ageSkillsYouthModeratorRatingsAdolescentsDepressive disorderChildrenPhobiaAnxiety
2001
Cognitive Errors in Youth with Anxiety Disorders: The Linkages Between Negative Cognitive Errors and Anxious Symptoms
Weems C, Berman S, Silverman W, Saavedra L. Cognitive Errors in Youth with Anxiety Disorders: The Linkages Between Negative Cognitive Errors and Anxious Symptoms. Cognitive Therapy And Research 2001, 25: 559-575. DOI: 10.1023/a:1005505531527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNegative cognitive errorsCognitive errorsAnxiety sensitivityTrait anxietyChildren's Negative Cognitive Error QuestionnaireManifest anxietyChildren's levelSelective abstractionCognitive Error QuestionnaireStrongest predictorSelf-report measuresMeasures of anxietySample of childrenPotential treatment implicationsCognitive modelAnxiety problemsAnxiety disordersAnxious symptomsTreatment implicationsFuture research directionsAnxietyOvergeneralizationStepwise regression analysisYouthDepression
2000
What Do Youth Referred for Anxiety Problems Worry About? Worry and Its Relation to Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Weems C, Silverman W, La Greca A. What Do Youth Referred for Anxiety Problems Worry About? Worry and Its Relation to Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2000, 28: 63-72. PMID: 10772350, DOI: 10.1023/a:1005122101885.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild worryClinic-referred sampleNumber of worriesTypes of worriesSubsample of childrenPrevious community studySelf-rating scaleAnxiety problemsNonreferred childrenClinical anxietyAdditional varianceAnxiety disordersChildren's scoresCommunity childrenAnxietyWorryAdolescentsChildrenYouthSpecialty clinicDisordersFearScoresDifferent indicesCommunity study