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Parent-Centered Interventions for Childhood Anxiety

Year: 2025

Type: review

Abstract: Anxiety problems are common, have an early age of onset, and cause significant impairment for children and their families. Despite extensive research and practice in parent-centered approaches to prevent and treat childhood behavioral problems, similar approaches to child anxiety were late to start and have been slow to grow. This review provides an up-to-date account of the state of the field, highlighting the potential value of parent-centered approaches to increase access to effective interventions for children and their families. The review concludes with a number of calls to action to ensure we make the most of this opportunity, including the need to improve understanding and practice in relation to developmental and cross-cultural sensitivity of intervention approaches and to meet the needs of currently underserved groups.

Source: Annual Review of Developmental Psychology

DOI: 10.1146/annurev-devpsych-111323-112637

Authors: Cathy Creswell, En-Nien Tu, Eve Merriam

Institutions: University of Oxford, Chang Gung University, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, University of Cambridge

Language: English

Topic: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4414348080

FWCI: 0.541

Cites: 76

Cited by: 2

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