APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Preschool Child Anxiety Predicts Parent Depression a Decade Later
- Margaret Redic
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Gina Cusing
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - William Copeland
University of Vermont Medical School - Kimberly Carpenter
Duke University Medical School - Helen Egger
Little Otter Company - Margaret Sheridan
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Abstract
Investigating the bidirectional associations between child anxiety and parent anxiety and depression using interview and questionnaire data reveals that baseline child anxiety symptoms significantly predict follow-up parent depressive symptoms. Parent’s baseline depression and anxiety levels predict their follow-up levels. Children’s baseline anxiety does not predict their follow-up anxiety status.
Psychopathology
