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Factors contributing to the emergence of anxiety among behaviorally inhibited children: The role of attention
Author(s) -
Fox Nathan A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.261
Subject(s) - psychology , temperament , anxiety , developmental psychology , set (abstract data type) , typically developing , attentional bias , social psychology , personality , psychiatry , autism , computer science , programming language
Behavioral inhibition (BI) is a temperament that can be identified early in childhood. Children with BI are socially reticent, withdraw from engaging unfamiliar peers, and often have problems in forming friendships. They are also at risk for developing anxiety disorders as they get older. There is, however, as much discontinuity as continuity in the expression of BI over time. One set of processes that appear to moderate the continuity of BI involve attention. Children with BI who display heightened orienting towards threat and more error monitoring are more likely to remain stable in BI and develop anxiety in early adolescence. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc.