Symptoms of social anxiety, depression, and stress in parents of children with social anxiety disorder

Halldorsson, Brynjar; Draisey, Jenny; Cooper, Peter; Creswell, Cathy

doi:10.1111/bjc.12170

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“…Socially anxious mothers also appear to be less supportive of exploration in their infants and express more anxiety when interacting with their preschoolers (Murray, Cooper, Creswell, Schofield, & Sack, 2007;Murray et al, 2012). As well, school-aged children from 7 to 12 years who have been diagnosed with social anxiety disorder (SAD) tend to have mothers with higher levels of social anxiety, general anxiety, and depression than children without SAD (Halldorsson, Draisey, Cooper, & Creswell, 2017). Although the impact of maternal mental health on children's socio-emotional development is well-established, we know relatively less regarding the influence of individual differences in maternal personality characteristics that may portend social anxiety on children's socio-emotional development.…”

Section: Maternal Mental Health and Child-level Socio-emotional Devmentioning

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Shyness, aggression, and empathy in children of shy mothers: Moderating influence of children's psychophysiological self‐regulation

MacGowan

2019

Developmental Psychobiology

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Maternal psychological factors are known to play a critical role in children's socioemotional development, particularly in pro‐ and anti‐social behaviors. Although shyness is a ubiquitous phenomenon and associated with social anxiety, relatively few have examined the relation between maternal shyness and children's socioemotional development. We explored the moderating influence of children's resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and RSA change on the relation between maternal shyness and children's shyness, empathy, and aggression in 129 (62 males) typically developing 4‐ (n = 81) and 6‐ (n = 48) year‐olds. We found that 6‐year‐olds' RSA change score from baseline to a cognitive challenge task acted as a moderator on the relation between mother's shyness and child observed empathy but not for maternal report of child aggression or child's observed shyness. These results were not found in the 4‐year‐olds. Six‐year‐olds with relatively high RSA change and relatively low maternal shyness displayed the highest levels of empathy. These results suggest that the maternal caregiving environment and biological characteristics of the child may confer individual differences in prosocial behaviors in children. Findings are discussed in terms of age‐related differences in socioemotional behaviors in children of shy mothers.

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Shyness, aggression, and empathy in children of shy mothers: Moderating influence of children's psychophysiological self‐regulation

MacGowan

2019

Developmental Psychobiology

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“…Social anxiety is a generalized psychological disorder characterized by abnormal anxiety during social activities (Pontillo et al, 2019), impairing children's social lives and affecting several social functions (Halldorsson, Draisey, Cooper, & Creswell, 2018). It is a typical manifestation of insufficient social skills (La Greca, Dandes, Wick, Shaw, & Stone, 1988) and was selected to indicate children's social development in this study.…”

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Interparental Conflict and Chinese Children’s Social Development

Chen

Huang

et al. 2021

Journal of Family Issues

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Interparental relationship is one of the substantial factors that affect children’s mental well-being and emotional development in a family. Interparental conflicts are pervasive in most families, which may have adverse effects on children. However, interparental conflict in China received restricted attention, and social research about marital conflict has limited focus on children. A cross-sectional survey of 846 students was conducted to explore the correlations between interparental conflict and Chinese children’s social anxiety and life adjustment. The results showed that more perceived threat, persistent and unresolved conflicts, older age, and lower coping efficacy were associated with increased social anxiety in children while paternal education of high school was related to lower social anxiety. Child-related and unresolved conflicts, greater intensity of the conflict, frequent conflict, and paternal education of college and above were associated with impaired children’s life adjustment development. Perception of interparental conflicts was closely associated with children’s social development.

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Psychological well-being and needs of parents and carers of children and young people with mental health difficulties: a quantitative systematic review with meta-analyses

Martin,

Dahmash,

Wicker

et al. 2024

BMJ Ment Health

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QuestionFor parents of children and young people (CYP) with diagnosed mental health difficulties, what are the levels of parents’ well-being and psychological need?Study selection and analysisMedline, PsycINFO, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL, Web of Science and Cochrane Library of Registered Trials were searched from inception to June 2023. Inclusion criteria: parents of CYP aged 5–18 years with formal mental health diagnosis. Data were extracted from validated measures of well-being or psychological needs with established cut-off points or from a controlled study.Findings32 of the 73 310 records screened were included. Pooled means showed clinical range scores for one measure of depression, and all included measures of anxiety, parenting stress and general stress. Meta-analyses showed greater depression (g=0.24, 95% CI 0.11 to 0.38) and parenting stress (g=0.34, 95% CI 0.20 to 0.49) in parents of CYP with mental health difficulties versus those without. Mothers reported greater depression (g=0.42, 95% CI 0.18 to 0.66) and anxiety (g=0.73, 95% CI 0.27 to 1.18) than fathers. Narrative synthesis found no clear patterns in relation to CYP condition. Rates of parents with clinically relevant levels of distress varied. Typically, anxiety, parenting stress and general stress scored above clinical threshold. Quality appraisal revealed few studies with a clearly defined control group, or attempts to control for important variables such as parent gender.ConclusionsThe somewhat mixed results suggest clinical anxiety, parenting and general stress may be common, with sometimes high depression. Assessment and support for parents of CYP with mental health problems is required. Further controlled studies, with consideration of pre-existing parental mental health difficulties are required.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42022344453.

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Symptoms of social anxiety, depression, and stress in parents of children with social anxiety disorder

Cited by 5 publications

References 56 publications

Shyness, aggression, and empathy in children of shy mothers: Moderating influence of children's psychophysiological self‐regulation

Shyness, aggression, and empathy in children of shy mothers: Moderating influence of children's psychophysiological self‐regulation

Interparental Conflict and Chinese Children’s Social Development

Psychological well-being and needs of parents and carers of children and young people with mental health difficulties: a quantitative systematic review with meta-analyses

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