The Role of Family Intervention in the Treatment of Child Anxiety Disorders: Some Preliminary Findings

1992 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark R. Dadds ◽  
Paula M. Heard ◽  
Ron M. Rapee
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Separation Anxiety ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Family Intervention ◽  
Family Treatment ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
The Family ◽  
Child Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety and fear are among the most common and distressing problems reported by children and adolescents. However, these problems have received little attention from behavioural family theorists and therapists. In this paper, we argue that more attention needs to be paid to evaluating the role of family interaction processes in the development and treatment of child anxiety disorders. A program of research is described including a treatment outcome study in which family processes and behavioural family intervention are evaluated with 7- to 14-year-old children with overanxious, separation anxiety, and avoidant disorders. The family treatment focuses on how parents interact with their child during displays of anxiety, their management of emotional upsets, and family communication and problem-solving skills. Preliminary results of the family treatment are presented.

scholarly journals SPECIFYING CHILD ANXIETY DISORDERS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THE DSM-IV

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 1004-1013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan S. Comer ◽  
Kaitlin P. Gallo ◽  
Priya Korathu-Larson ◽  
Donna B. Pincus ◽  
Timothy A. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Not Otherwise Specified ◽  
Child Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Dsm Iv

scholarly journals A Multitrait–Multimethod Analysis of the Construct Validity of Child Anxiety Disorders in a Clinical Sample

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 549-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Langer ◽  
Jeffrey J. Wood ◽  
R. Lindsey Bergman ◽  
John C. Piacentini
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Child Anxiety Disorders

scholarly journals Contextual Complexities in Implementing a Family-Based Childhood Obesity Intervention: The Perspectives of Enrolled Children and Their Parents

Children ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 267
Author(s):  
Didde Hoeeg ◽  
Ulla Christensen ◽  
Louise Lundby-Christensen ◽  
Dan Grabowski
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Family Dynamics ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Family Intervention ◽  
Healthy Habits ◽  
The Family ◽  
Obesity Interventions ◽  
Supportive Environments ◽  
Family Based

Family interventions to treat childhood obesity are widely used, but knowledge about how family dynamics are affected by these interventions is lacking. The present study aims to understand how a family intervention impacts the context of family dynamics, and how different contexts affect the families’ implementation of the intervention. Based on qualitative interviews, we studied families with a child between 9–12 years enrolled in a family intervention to treat childhood obesity at a pediatric outpatient clinic. We conducted 15 family interviews including 36 family members. We found that the family intervention created a new context for the enrolled children. They had to navigate in different contexts and non-supportive environments and push for change if they needed more supportive environments in their attempt to adhere to healthy habits. We show the complexities experienced by parents and grandparents when trying to comply with siblings’ and/or grandchildren’s different needs. The enrolled children were often indirectly blamed if others had to refrain from unhealthy preferences to create supportive environments. These findings are significant in understanding the important role of contexts in family-obesity interventions. This knowledge is relevant to health professionals, researchers, and policymakers.

Training Residents in the Early Identification of Anxiety Disorders: Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of a Novel Training Program

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (7) ◽  
pp. 761-769
Author(s):  
Nicholas D. Mian ◽  
Aubrey L. Carpenter ◽  
Donna B. Pincus ◽  
Megan Bair-Merritt ◽  
Ellen C. Perrin
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Early Identification ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Pediatric Residents ◽  
Brief Training ◽  
Child Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Increased Sensitivity ◽  
Pediatric Anxiety Disorders

Pediatric anxiety disorders are highly prevalent, but tend to go undetected as pediatricians often lack relevant training. We developed a brief, video-based training program for pediatric residents aimed at improving early identification of child anxiety disorders. The novel training was completed in a group-based format or via an online, asynchronous training program. Pediatric residents from 2 residency programs (n = 63) participated and completed pre- and posttraining surveys evaluating attitudes about previous training, knowledge about child anxiety, perceived evaluation skills, and responses to clinical vignettes. Most residents (81%) reported they did not receive enough prior training in the presentation of anxiety disorders in young children. Residents’ knowledge and perceived evaluation skills increased posttraining. On the vignette-based assessment, residents demonstrated increased sensitivity with regard to interference, diagnosis, and referral urgency. Despite some challenges with participation, results provide preliminary evidence that brief training programs could be an effective way to improve resident education.

The family and compliance in schizophrenia: the influence of clinical variables, relatives' knowledge and expressed emotion

2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. SELLWOOD ◽  
N. TARRIER ◽  
J. QUINN ◽  
C. BARROWCLOUGH
Keyword(s):  
Social Functioning ◽  
Expressed Emotion ◽  
Family Intervention ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

Background. A variety of factors are related to compliance with medication in schizophrenia, but little attention has been paid to the role of families. Carers' knowledge or expressed emotion (EE) may be related to compliance. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relevance of these two factors, as well as their relationships with other variables for the prediction of compliance.Method. A sample of patient–carer pairs (N=79) involved in a family intervention for schizophrenia trial was recruited. Compliance, symptoms, social functioning and attitudes to their carers were assessed in patients. Carers' EE, knowledge and psychopathology were also evaluated.Results. A number of factors were related to compliance, including carers' EE and patients' psychotic symptoms, which contributed independently to not taking medication. Carers' knowledge about schizophrenia and other groups of symptoms was not related to compliance.Conclusions. EE may be an important factor to account for in the understanding of patients' compliance and the direction of the relationship between EE and compliance should be the subject of further study.

Family Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child Anxiety Disorders

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEFFREY J. WOOD ◽  
JOHN C. PIACENTINI ◽  
MICHAEL SOUTHAM-GEROW ◽  
BRIAN C. CHU ◽  
MARIAN SIGMAN
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Child Anxiety Disorders

scholarly journals The Child Anxiety Impact Scale: Examining Parent- and Child-Reported Impairment in Child Anxiety Disorders

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 579-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audra K. Langley ◽  
Avital Falk ◽  
Tara Peris ◽  
Joshua F. Wiley ◽  
Philip C. Kendall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Impact Scale ◽  
Child Anxiety Disorders

scholarly journals A IMPORTÂNCIA DA FAMÍLIA JUNTO À ESCOLA NO APRENDIZADO FORMAL DAS CRIANÇAS

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josiane Ap de Araújo Firman ◽  
Sylvia Caroline Russi Santana ◽  
Marcos Lupércio Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
School Performance ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Family Intervention ◽  
School Life ◽  
Good School ◽  
The Family ◽  
Teaching Learning

The present study aimed to analyze the role of the family in regard to the learning of children in the school environment to occur in their physical, cognitive and social development. It is also intended to analyze and point out the benefits of family intervention in the education of their children and the preposition of some actions to strengthen this relationship and after contribute to the integral formation of children. Through this research can be seen that the family-union school becomes essential for the proper development of the child in their school life and generates enrichment in the teaching learning since both have the same goal, for it is through good school performance of children that favors the acquisition of knowledge that provide skills and skills for citizenship

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