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Vulnerability factors in the anxiety disorders
Author(s) -
Bennet Angelina,
Stirling John
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1998.tb00994.x
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychology , trait anxiety , trait , clinical psychology , sensitization , paternal care , vulnerability (computing) , anxiety disorder , locus of control , developmental psychology , psychiatry , pregnancy , biology , computer science , programming language , computer security , offspring , psychotherapist , genetics
Groups of non‐clinical individuals scoring high and low on a measure of trait anxiety were compared to a group of people with a history of clinical anxiety on measures of locus of control of behaviour and reported parental rearing practices (group size = 30 in each group). The Parental Bonding Instrument (Parker, Tulping & Brown, 1979) was used to assess parental overprotection and care. A scale relating to parental sensitization was also used in this study. It was hypothesized that the high‐trait anxiety group would produce similar results to the anxiety‐disorder group on locus of control and parental overprotection, and similar results to the low‐trait anxiety group on parental care and parental sensitization. The hypotheses were, in most cases, supported and a relationship between trait anxiety and parental overprotection was suggested. The results also suggested that parental sensitization may be particular to anxiety disorders.