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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809032403321

Titolo

The developmental psychopathology of anxiety / / Michael W. Vasey and Mark R. Dadds, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2001

ISBN

0-19-026189-7

1-280-47151-4

9786610471515

0-19-535251-3

1-4237-5770-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xvi, 510 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

VaseyMichael W

DaddsMark R

Disciplina

616.85223

618.9285223

Soggetti

Anxiety in children

Anxiety - Etiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; 1 An Introduction to the Developmental Psychopathology of Anxiety; 2 Developmental Variations in the Prevalence and Manifestation of Anxiety Disorders; 3 Contributions of Behavioral Genetics Research: Quantifying Genetic, Shared Environmental and Nonshared Environmental Influences; 4 Temperamental Influences on the Development of Anxiety Disorders; 5 Anxiety Sensitivity; 6 Control and the Development of Negative Emotion; 7 The Role of Glucocorticoids in Anxiety Disorders: A Critical Analysis

8 Childhood Anxiety Disorders from the Perspective of Emotion Regulation and Attachment; 9 Nonassociative Factors in the Development of Phobias; 10 Developmental Aspects of Conditioning Processes in Anxiety Disorders; 11 Operant Conditioning Influences in Childhood Anxiety; 12 Information-processing Factors in Childhood Anxiety: A Review and Developmental Perspective; 13 Family Processes in the Development of Anxiety Problems; 14 Current Issues in the



Treatment of Childhood Anxiety; 15 Prevention Strategies; 16 The Etiology of Childhood Specific Phobia: A Multifactorial Model

17 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Developmental Perspective; 18 Social Withdrawal and Anxiety; 19 Social Phobia; 20 Early Separation Anxiety and Its Relationship to Adult Anxiety Disorders; 21 The Development of Generalized Anxiety; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Although anxiety disorders may begin at any age, they often start in childhood. This book challenges some of the field's most respected researchers to take a fresh look at the major factors that contribute to the etiology and maintenance of anxiety disorders in childhood and throughout life.