Life stress moderates the effects of preschool behavioral inhibition on anxiety in early adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although a robust body of literature implicates temperamental behavioral inhibition (BI) as a prominent risk factor for anxiety disorders, many children with heightened BI do not develop anxiety. The current study examines the role of two forms of life stress (life events and natural disaster exposure) in moderating the relationship between BI in preschoolers and anxiety in early adolescence.

Method

A community sample of 392 3-year-old children was administered a laboratory observational assessment of temperament. When children were a mean age 10, the region was struck by a devastating hurricane and exposure to disaster-related stress was assessed. In early adolescence, youth and a parent were administered the UCLA Life Stress Interview (LSI) to assess behaviorall

SUBMITTER: Mumper EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6980167 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature