Parents' State and Trait Anxiety: Relationships with Anxiety Severity and Treatment Response in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autor/inn/en	Conner, Caitlin M.; Maddox, Brenna B.; White, Susan W.
Titel	Parents' State and Trait Anxiety: Relationships with Anxiety Severity and Treatment Response in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43 (2013) 8, S.1811-1818 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-012-1728-0
Schlagwörter	Comorbidity; Anxiety; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Correlation; Adolescents; Parents; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Outcomes of Treatment; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Severity (of Disability); Behavior Problems; Intervention; Program Effectiveness; Anxiety Disorders + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Angst; Autismus; Korrelation; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Eltern; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Schweregrad
Abstract	Comorbid anxiety is common among children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and parents of children with ASD are more likely to have anxiety disorders. This study investigated the relationship between parents' state and trait anxiety and parent-reported internalizing and externalizing symptoms among adolescents (n = 30) with ASD, as well as the relationship of parents' anxiety symptoms and adolescent treatment response in the context of a randomized controlled trial. Parental state anxiety correlated with severity of adolescent anxiety, and trait anxiety in parents correlated with parent-reported adolescent internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Also, parents of adolescent treatment responders experienced a decrease in their own trait anxiety. Findings highlight the importance of considering parental anxiety when targeting anxiety among youth with ASD. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10