Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) runs in families. Building on recent theoretical
approaches, this review focuses on potential environmental pathways for parent-to-child …

The present cross-sectional study explored the relations between fear-enhancing parenting
behaviors (modeling and threat information transmission) and children's cognitive biases …

This article describes operant conditioning methodologies that have been essential to
furthering our understanding of infant learning processes. We discuss diverse procedures …

Superior learning for fear-relevant stimuli is typically indicated in the laboratory by faster
acquisition of fear responses, greater learned fear, and enhanced resistance to extinction …

Zahlreiche Kinder und Jugendliche leiden unter Angststörungen, die sich durch gehemmtes
Verhalten, Vermeidung und sozialen Rückzug bis hin zur Verweigerung des Schulbe-suchs …

Research suggests that temperamental approach-withdrawal is subject to parenting
influences, but few studies have explored how specific parenting behaviors and contextual …

It is now 40 years since Rachman (1968) and Bandura (1969) famously suggested that
individuals can acquire fear of an animal, object or situation vicariously, by witnessing …

Externalizing and internalizing behavior problems have been regarded as crucial markers of
maladjustment across childhood and adolescence (Zahn-Waxler et al., 2000). Among …

The ability to self-regulate one's emotions is an important component in the development of
anxiety symptoms and disorders during early childhood. Whereas it has been well …

Superior learning for fear-relevant stimuli is typically indicated in the laboratory by faster
acquisition of fear responses, greater learned fear, and enhanced resistance to extinction …