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Langer, David A.; Wood, Jeffrey J.; Bergman, R. Lindsey; Piacentini, John C. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2010
The present study examines the construct validity of separation anxiety disorder (SAD), social phobia (SoP), panic disorder (PD), and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in a clinical sample of children. Participants were 174 children, 6 to 17 years old (94 boys) who had undergone a diagnostic evaluation at a university hospital based clinic.…
Descriptors: Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Construct Validity, Validity, Classification
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Wood, Jeffrey J.; Kiff, Cara; Jacobs, Jeffrey; Ifekwunigwe, Muriel; Piacentini, John C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2007
A theoretical model of children's dependency on teachers and other caregivers in elementary school was tested and supported in this study. Based on attachment theory and social-cognitive theory, parental intrusiveness and children's separation anxiety were hypothesized to heighten dependent behaviors with school caregivers. Families of children in…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Separation Anxiety, Parent Participation, Teacher Student Relationship
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Wood, Jeffrey J. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2006
In this article, a theoretical model of the role of parental intrusiveness in the development of childhood separation anxiety disorder is presented and tested. Parents who act intrusively tend to take over tasks that children are (or could be) performing independently, thereby limiting mastery experiences and inducing dependence on caregivers.…
Descriptors: Children, Separation Anxiety, Models, Parents