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Abstract
Anxious and nonanxious mothers were compared on theoretically derived parenting and family environment variables (i.e., overcontrol, warmth, criticism, anxious modeling) using multiple informants and methods. Mother-child dyads completed questionnaires about parenting and were observed during an interactional task. Findings reveal that, after controlling for race and child anxiety, maternal anxiety was associated with less warmth and more anxious modeling based on maternal-report. However, maternal anxiety was not related to any parenting domain based on child-report or independent observer (IO) ratings. Findings are discussed in the context of the impact of maternal anxiety on parenting and suggest that child, rather than maternal, anxiety may have a greater influence on maternal behavior.
Acknowledgments
This study was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (K23 MH63427-02) awarded to Golda S. Ginsburg.
Notes
Note. Results presented in percent, number of respondents indicated in parentheses.
1Results are presented in means and standard deviations.
*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.
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