Parenting and adolescent anxiety within families: a biweekly longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anxiety symptoms among adolescents have been increasing globally. The present study aimed to better understand the role of parenting, which is believed to act as both a risk and protective factor for anxiety while also being impacted by adolescent anxiety. Specifically, this preregistered study examined the bidirectional associations between parental autonomy support, intrusiveness, and symptoms of generalized anxiety in adolescents.

Methods

We used meso-longitudinal data of Dutch adolescents (N = 256, M_age = 14.4, age range = 12-17, 71.5% female, t_mean = 17.7) and their parents (N = 176, M_age = 46.8, 82% female, t_mean = 22). They reported biweekly on parental intrusiveness and autonomy support and on adolescent generali

SUBMITTER: Sutic L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12350824 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature