limbiks_CACP Revision Notes.docx Flashcards
What did Kessler et al. find about anxiety disorders?
Anxiety disorders are the most commonly experienced mental health disorder across the lifespan.
What percentage of people experience a level of anxiety that could be considered an anxiety disorder at some point in their lifetime?
28.80%
At what age does the median onset of anxiety occur?
11 years old
What did Solmi et al. (2021) find about the median age of onset for anxiety disorders?
The median age of onset for anxiety disorders was around 17 years old.
Which specific anxiety disorders typically onset in childhood?
Separation anxiety and paranoias typically onset in childhood.
Which anxiety disorders typically onset in adulthood?
Panic disorder and GAD typically onset in adulthood.
What is the median age of onset for panic disorder?
26 years old.
What is the median age of onset for GAD?
33 years old.
What were the peaks in the age of onset of AD?
5.5yo and mid-teen years
What did Copeland et al. study?
Impacts of anxiety disorders at 16yo
What were the outcomes for individuals with AD compared to controls?
Worse outcomes in at least one domain
Which AD was associated with poor functioning in all domains?
GAD
What did Sandler et al. (2011) find about parenting?
family-based interventions that target specific parenting behaviours can successful improve some parts of parenting, and also improve a range of long-term child otucomes, including internalising symptoms
What did Hudson et al. (2009) study?
Causal relationships between parental behaviors and child anxiety
What did Hudson et al. (2009) find about mother’s behaviors?
Mothers were more involved when interacting with an anxious child& mothers of children with anxiety showed a smaller decrease in involvement behaviours when interacting with non-anxious children compared to anxious children.
What interactions were observed between mothers and children with anxiety?
Mothers showed a smaller decrease in involvement behaviors when interacting with non-anxious children compared to anxious children.
How did mothers of anxious children behave when interacting with non-clinical children?
They were less negative compared to non-clinical mothers interacting with both anxious and non-anxious children.
What was the effect of child anxious behaviors on mother over-involvement?
Child anxious behaviors influenced mother over-involvement.
Was there a significant direct effect of maternal factors on over-involvement?
No, there was no significant direct maternal effect, but over-involvement was influenced by child behaviors.
What is the limitation of using AI to study parental response to anxious behavior?
Lack of ecological validity
What aspect of parental response was not tested with the researchers’ own children?
Negativity in response to anxiety
What might explain why mothers may be more critical of their own anxious child?
Feel responsibility for their child’s development and growth
What bias could potentially affect the results of the study?
Social desirability bias
What were the scores on the negativity scale generally like?
Very low
What were the recovery rates for the full-guided CBT and brief CBT groups?
34% for full-guided CBT, 39% for brief CBT
What were the recovery rates for the waitlist condition?
11%
What percentage of participants in the full-guided and brief CBT groups no longer met diagnostic criteria for primary anxiety disorder at the 6-month follow-up?
76% for full-guided CBT, 71% for brief CBT
Did therapist experience significantly impact outcomes?
No
What did Platt et al. (2016) examine?
Relationship between stressful life events and anxiety symptoms in children
What were the mediators studied by Platt et al.?
Parenting stress, parental anxious rearing, dysfunctional parent-child interactions
Were children with parents who had an AD included in the study?
No, they were excluded
Is the level of parent anxiety symptoms a significant mediator of the relationship between stressful life events and child anxiety?
No
What is the significant mediator of the relationship between stressful life events and child anxiety?
Parenting stress
What is suggested by the occurrence of stressful life events increasing a parent’s sense of incompetence and conflict?
It influences how they behave towards children
What can be transmitted from parent to child independent of parent psychopathology?
Stress responses
What is an example of mediation in the relationship between child anxiety and stressful life events?
Child-reported anxious rearing style and parent-reported dysfunctional interactions
How do stressful life events contribute to a parent’s dissatisfaction with the relationship?
Increases parent’s dissatisfaction
Was child’s perceived control found to mediate the relationship between parental behaviors and child anxiety?
No
Was child’s perceived control directly related to both stressful life events and child anxiety?
No
What did the study use to assess stressful life events?
Parent report
What did the study suggest about the relationship between parenting behaviors and child’s response to stressful life events?
If parents aren’t warm and encouraging, the relationship may be different
What did Verhoeven et al. (2012) find in their study on perceptions of parenting behaviors and adolescent AD?
Significant association between father’s over-controlling behavior and adolescent AD
According to Verhoeven et al. (2012), which parent could be more important in adolescence?
Father
What did Verhoeven et al. (2012) find regarding perceptions of autonomy granting?
No significant association with adolescent anxiety
According to Verhoeven et al. (2012), which parenting behavior was associated with adolescent anxiety in fathers only?
Rejecting behavior
Did Verhoeven et al. (2012) find consistent associations between parenting behaviors and different diagnoses?
No, contribution of parenting behaviors differ
(2011) - What were the findings regarding perceived parental control and adolescent GAD?
Higher levels of perceived parental control were associated with a greater increase in adolescent GAD.
What did Schwartz et al. find in their longitudinal studies?
Longitudinal studies disagree with the previous findings.
What did McClure et al. find in their study?
Parental response not associated with adolescent anxiety
What did McClure et al. find regarding maternal anxiety and adolescent perceptions of control?
Maternal anxiety did not predict adolescent perceptions of control
What did Larson et al. find regarding the relationship between maternal anxiety and child anxiety?
Perceived parental control not a mediator of the relationship
What did Larson et al. find regarding the contribution of perceived parental control to adolescent anxiety development?
Perceived parental control does seem to contribute to anxiety development in adolescence
What did the researchers find about emotional states in early adolescence?
Downward shift, more positive than negative emotions
What did the researchers find about reactivity to stressor and positive events?
Heightened reactivity in adolescence
What did the researchers find about anxiety in adolescence?
Linked to cognitive-affective developments
What modifications should be made to treatment to induce engagement earlier on?
Make it more efficient
Why is adolescence considered a period of heightened vulnerability?
Disjunctions between developing brain and behavioural/cognitive systems
What is the relationship between anxiety and cognitive/affective development in adolescence?
Anxiety affects cognitive and affective development
How does adolescent thinking about moral dilemmas change during adolescence?
Becomes more principled
What is the difference between adolescent reasoning about hypothetical dilemmas and real-world problems?
Reasoning about real-world problems is not as good
What is the definition of adolescence?
Begins with puberty and ends when one has assumed adult roles.
What are some common emotional triggers during adolescence?
More time with peers, less with parents, physical changes conflicting with demands of modern society.
What is the motivation for adolescents to seek out and maintain negative emotions?
Desire to achieve emotional states.
What are the physiological changes in response to social evaluation and social rejection?
Increased reactivity in the amygdala
According to Silvers et al. (2012), how effective is re-appraisal in adolescents compared to children and adults?
Less effective
According to Hare et al. (2008), how do adolescents respond to fearful facial expressions compared to children and adults?
Initially exaggerated amygdala response
What did Zimmermann & Iwanski (2014) examine?
Age differences in 7 emotion regulation strategies
What was the association between the exaggerated response and anxiety measures?
Diminished over time
What was the relationship between amygdala and PFC activity?
Inverse
What is a term for short-term treatments?
eating disorders
What does eating disorders view as?
short-term
What is a term for schizophrenia?
bipolar
In what other company are early onset mental health disorders predictive of a range of psychological and social impairments in the long-term?
Lawrence et al
What does meta-analysis of existing studies show?
heterogeneity
What is the average age of a study?
mean age below 19yo
Who conducted a systematic review of the existing data for pre-adolescents aged 5-11yo?
Yap & Jorm