CBT for the treatment of child anxiety disorders: a review of why parental involvement has not enhanced outcomes
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CBT for the treatment of child anxiety disorders : a review of why parental involvement has not enhanced outcomes. / Breinholst, Sonja; Esbjørn, Barbara Hoff; Reinholdt-Dunne, Marie Louise; Stallard, Paul.
In: Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Vol. 26, No. 3, 04.2012, p. 416-424.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - CBT for the treatment of child anxiety disorders
T2 - a review of why parental involvement has not enhanced outcomes
AU - Breinholst, Sonja
AU - Esbjørn, Barbara Hoff
AU - Reinholdt-Dunne, Marie Louise
AU - Stallard, Paul
N1 - Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Anxiety affects 10% of all children and disrupts educational, socio-emotional development and overall functioning of the child and family. Research has shown that parenting factors (i.e. intrusiveness, negativity, distorted cognitions) contribute to the development and maintenance of childhood anxiety. Recent studies have therefore investigated if the treatment effect of traditional cognitive behavioural therapy may be enhanced by adding a parental component. However, randomised controlled trials have not shown unequivocal support for this assumption. The results are inconsistent and ambiguous. This article investigates possible reasons for this inconsistency and in particular differences in methodology and the theoretical relevance of the applied parental components are highlighted as possible contributory factors. Another factor is that treatment effect is mainly measured by change in the child's diagnostic status rather than changes in parental or family functioning.
AB - Anxiety affects 10% of all children and disrupts educational, socio-emotional development and overall functioning of the child and family. Research has shown that parenting factors (i.e. intrusiveness, negativity, distorted cognitions) contribute to the development and maintenance of childhood anxiety. Recent studies have therefore investigated if the treatment effect of traditional cognitive behavioural therapy may be enhanced by adding a parental component. However, randomised controlled trials have not shown unequivocal support for this assumption. The results are inconsistent and ambiguous. This article investigates possible reasons for this inconsistency and in particular differences in methodology and the theoretical relevance of the applied parental components are highlighted as possible contributory factors. Another factor is that treatment effect is mainly measured by change in the child's diagnostic status rather than changes in parental or family functioning.
KW - Anxiety Disorders
KW - Child
KW - Cognitive Therapy
KW - Family Therapy
KW - Humans
KW - Parent-Child Relations
KW - Parenting
KW - Parents
KW - Treatment Outcome
U2 - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.12.014
DO - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.12.014
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 22306129
VL - 26
SP - 416
EP - 424
JO - Journal of Anxiety Disorders
JF - Journal of Anxiety Disorders
SN - 0887-6185
IS - 3
ER -
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