Parental Emotion Socialization Predicts Rate of Treatment Change In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety and Depression Symptoms

This study tested whether parental emotion socialization predicts the rate of symptom change among youth (N=97) enrolled in an evidence-based and modularized form of CBT for anxiety and depression symptoms. Results indicated that pre-treatment supportive emotion socialization predicted steeper symptom improvement, and unsupportive socialization predicted slower symptom change.