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Abstract
This study explored the transactional association between anxiety symptoms and risk-avoidance in Dutch elementary schoolchildren (N = 1200; 50% girls) across ages 8–12. Anxiety symptoms were obtained using self-, peer-, and teacher-reports. Risk-avoidance was measured using the Balloon Analogue Risk Task—Youth Version. Random-intercept cross-lagged panel models showed that, across informants, increases in anxiety symptoms predicted decreases in risk-taking. Apart from minor exceptions, this effect was similar across sexes. For peer-reports, the reverse path from decreases in risk-taking to increased anxiety was also found. Overall, this study gives insight into the developmental link between symptoms of anxiety and risk-avoidance which is important for early signaling and prevention as well as for our understanding of the consequences of childhood anxiety symptoms.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2563-2576 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Child Development |
Volume | 92 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 31 Aug 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This project was funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement no 646594); the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, program medium‐sized investments (no 480‐13‐006); and the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development, program Youth (no 15700.4001).
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© 2021 The Authors. Child Development published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research in Child Development.
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HCHA: Happy Children, Happy Adolescents?
Buil, M., van Lier, P., Koot, S., Tieskens, J., Asscheman, S., Behnsen, P. & van der Jagt, A.
1/07/15 → 31/12/20
Project: Research