Discrepancies between Parent-Adolescent Reports of Adolescent Social Anxiety: Associations of Parental Support, Conflict and Anxiety Severity

The present study examines associations between adolescents’ perceived parental support/conflict, discrepancies in maternal and adolescent-report of social anxiety symptoms, and adolescent social anxiety severity (self-report). Mothers endorse significantly more social anxiety symptoms compared to their adolescents. Additionally, we demonstrate support/conflict are differentially associated with score discrepancies as well as severity.