Cross-lagged Relations of Children’s Somatoform Complaints: Embedment within Learning Theory and Secondary Gain Concept
Christina Vesterling
Abstract:The current state of research on the emergence and maintenance of somatoform symptoms in childhood identifies the influence of both child and parental factors. The aim of the present study is to examine reciprocal relations and stability between somatoform complaints, children’s adaptive emotion regulation (ER) strategies, withdrawal behavior, and overprotective parenting. In total, 97 children (female n = 46, (47%); M age T1 = 9.7 years (SD) = 0.54) and their parents completed questionnaires at two time point… Show more
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