Normal and abnormal fear and anxiety in children and adolescents / / Peter Muris

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954340003321
• Autore: Muris Peter
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier, c2007
• ISBN: 9786611025830; 9781281025838; 1281025836; 9780080545363; 008054536X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (397 p.)
• Collana: Behaviour research and therapy (BRAT) series in clinical psychology
• Disciplina: 618.92/8522
• Soggetti: Anxiety in children; Anxiety in adolescence; Fear in children; Anxiety disorders; Children; Anxiety Disorders - etiology; Adolescent; Anxiety - psychology; Child; Fear - psychology; Anxiety Disorders
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-372) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Normal and abnormal fear and anxiety in children and adolescents -- Genetically based vulnerability -- Environmental influences -- Protective factors -- Maintaining factors -- The aetiology of childhood phobias and anxiety disorders : a dynamic multifactorial model -- Assessment of fear and anxiety in children and adolescents -- Treatment and prevention of childhood anxiety.
• Sommario/riassunto: Written at a post-graduate level, this new volume provides a cumulative ; overview of the research available on the pathogenesis of fear and anxiety in youths. Its aim is to give the reader an idea of the factors that are thought to be involved in the development of abnormal fear and anxiety in children and adolescents, and to integrate this knowledge in a comprehensive model. This book also gives an update of the current scientific status on the psychological and pharmacological treatment and assessment of anxiety disorders in youths.*Reviews research literature on the cause of childh