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Annual Research Review: Developmental pathways linking early behavioral inhibition to later anxiety
Author(s) -
Fox Nathan A.,
Zeytinoglu Selin,
Valadez Emilio A.,
Buzzell George A.,
Morales Santiago,
Henderson Heather A.
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/jcpp.13702
Subject(s) - temperament , psychology , anxiety , developmental psychology , behavioral inhibition , developmental psychopathology , cognition , psychological resilience , childhood development , child development , perspective (graphical) , clinical psychology , psychopathology , personality , psychotherapist , neuroscience , psychiatry , social psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Behavioral Inhibition is a temperament identified in the first years of life that enhances the risk for development of anxiety during late childhood and adolescence. Amongst children characterized with this temperament, only around 40 percent go on to develop anxiety disorders, meaning that more than half of these children do not. Over the past 20 years, research has documented within‐child and socio‐contextual factors that support differing developmental pathways. This review provides a historical perspective on the research documenting the origins of this temperament, its biological correlates, and the factors that enhance or mitigate risk for development of anxiety. We review as well, research findings from two longitudinal cohorts that have identified moderators of behavioral inhibition in understanding pathways to anxiety. Research on these moderators has led us to develop the Detection and Dual Control (DDC) framework to understand differing developmental trajectories among behaviorally inhibited children. In this review, we use this framework to explain why and how specific cognitive and socio‐contextual factors influence differential pathways to anxiety versus resilience.