Developmental associations between risk-taking and anxiety symptoms across ages 8–12 years

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ID21301654
AuthorsJacintha M Tieskens (0000-0002-6418-4852, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, corresponding author), J Marieke Buil (0000-0002-1582-5748, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Susanne Koot (0000-0002-0649-1424, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), P A C van Lier (0000-0003-1133-9782, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Year2021
Volume92
Issue6
Pages2563-2576
Publication date2021-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/cdev.13644
PMID34463352
OpenAlexW3196746738
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited58

This study explored the transactional association between anxiety symptoms and risk-avoidance in Dutch elementary schoolchildren (N = 1200; 50% girls) across ages 8–12. Anxiety symptoms were obtained using self-, peer-, and teacher-reports. Risk-avoidance was measured using the Balloon Analogue Risk Task—Youth Version. Random-intercept cross-lagged panel models showed that, across informants, increases in anxiety symptoms predicted decreases in risk-taking. Apart from minor exceptions, this effect was similar across sexes. For peer-reports, the reverse path from decreases in risk-taking to increased anxiety was also found. Overall, this study gives insight into the developmental link between symptoms of anxiety and risk-avoidance which is important for early signaling and prevention as well as for our understanding of the consequences of childhood anxiety symptoms

Anxiety · Association (psychology) · Developmental psychology · Peer group · Psychiatry · Transactional leadership · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Social Psychology

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