APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Diathesis-Stress Model of Anxiety: Influence of Early Temperament & Life Stress
- Emma Mumper
Stony Brook University, The State University of New York - Margaret Dyson
University of California, San Diego - Megan Finsaas
Stony Brook University, The State University of New York - Thomas Olino
Temple University - Daniel Klein
Stony Brook University, The State University of New York
Abstract
As many children with heightened behavioral inhibition (BI) do not develop anxiety disorders, the present study examined life stress as a potential moderator. Consistent with diathesis-stress models, children high in BI at age 3 reported greater anxiety symptoms at age 12 after exposure to independent negative life events.
Anxiety
