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Inmaculada Montoya-Castilla1, Silvia Postigo2, Vicente Prado-Gascó3
1Personality, Assesment and Psychological Treatment Department, Faculty of Psychology, Universitat de València, Spain.
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
|July 22, 2018
Summary
Fear is a key predictor of internalizing disorders in early adolescents. Early detection and regulation of fear can help prevent and treat these conditions in children.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Child Psychiatry
- Developmental Psychology
Background:
- Internalizing disorders encompass psychosomatic issues, anxiety, and depression.
- Early adolescence (10-12 years) is a critical period for the development of these disorders.
- Understanding the link between affective states and internalizing disorders is crucial for intervention.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the relationship between affective states and internalizing disorders in early adolescence.
- To investigate the influence of sex on these relationships.
- To identify key affective predictors of internalizing disorders.
Main Methods:
- Study involved 367 children aged 10-12 (190 girls, 177 boys).
- Analysis focused on the predictive power of affective states on internalizing disorders.
- Sex differences in the prediction models were considered.
Main Results:
- Fear emerged as the strongest predictor for all internalizing disorders.
- Fear was the sole common predictor across all internalizing disorders studied.
- Boys' internalizing disorders were predicted solely by fear, while girls' predictions included fear and other variables.
Conclusions:
- Early identification and management of affective states, especially fear, are vital for preventing and treating internalizing disorders in children.
- Fear plays a significant and common role in the development of internalizing disorders in early adolescence.
- Sex-specific patterns exist in the affective predictors of internalizing disorders, highlighting the need for tailored approaches.
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