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1-172 - Examining the Effects of Temperament and Parenting on Early Risks for Anxiety within the Context of Environmental Risks

Thu, March 21, 4:00 to 5:30pm, Baltimore Convention Center, Floor: Level 3, Room 313

Session Type: Paper Symposium

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A great deal of research has shown how early risks for anxiety in young children develop through proximal factors such as attention, temperament, and parenting, but much of this work does not consider the influence of risk or protective factors embedded in the larger environmental context. While the bioecological theory has proposed that distal and proximal factors might interact to influence development, this has rarely been tested in work focused on very young children (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006). By including environmental risk factors, we may gain a more holistic understanding about how the development of anxiety unfolds across childhood and how we can better intervene for different children in different contexts.

The three papers in this symposium will address the impact of environmental risk on associations between temperament, parenting, and the development of risk factors for anxiety in young children. The first talk addresses the moderating effect of environmental disorder on the association between temperament and visual attention to angry faces. The second talk presents data on the direct effect of perceived neighborhood risk and its interaction with child temperament on the development of internalizing behaviors across early childhood. The third talk will be on the effects of perceived neighborhood risks, maternal psychopathology, and anxiety symptoms in preschool children. The discussant will touch on the importance of including contextual factors in the study of early risks for anxiety in children.

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