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Behavioral Inhibition and Child Anxiety #4
Pubblicato da: Jeffrey Pella

While BI and anxiety disorders have been shown to be associated in the literature, research has shown that psychosocial factors generally associated with anxiety are not associated with BI.

Metacognitive Therapy (MCT): An Interview with Prof. Adrian Wells
Pubblicato da: Gabriele Caselli

  A brief interview with Prof. Adrian Wells on the distinctive features of Metacognitive Therapy (MCT).   1. Dear Prof. Wells, could you outline the core features of the Metacognitive Theory and Therapy approach to psychological disorders? Metacognitive Theory of psychological disorders is based on the principle that most ... Continua

Frank Yeomans: Understanding the BPD Mind (Interview)
Pubblicato da: Redazione

Amanda Wang interviews Dr. Frank Yeomans, a specialist in Tranference Focused Therapy (TFP), about Borderline Personality Disorder.

Behavioral Inhibition and Child Anxiety #3 Retrospective Studies
Pubblicato da: Jeffrey Pella

Features of an inhibited temperament mirror the symptoms of social anxiety and the relationship between the two has been examined using a variety of methodologies. Two retrospective surveys suggest strong continuity between early behavioral inhibition (BI) and social anxiety in adolescence and early adulthood.

Behavioral Inhibition and Child Anxiety #2
Pubblicato da: Jeffrey Pella

Research has established that infants classified as inhibited continue to exhibit anxious and reserved behavior throughout childhood and into adolescence. As the features of an inhibited temperament mirror the symptoms of social anxiety, the relationship between the two has been examined.

Behavioral Inhibition and Child Anxiety
Pubblicato da: Jeffrey Pella

Garcia-Coll, Kagan and Reznick (1984) define behavioral inhibition as a trait characterized by shy, withdrawn, uneasy, vigilant, and restrained behavior in the context of unfamiliar social or non social situations.

Children’s understanding of emotion and behavior problems
Pubblicato da: Jeffrey Pella

Since the literature has shown that children who struggle to understand emotion are likely to develop behavior problems, recent research has investigated if mothers can be successfully trained to use more emotional and elaborative conversations with their children.

The effectiveness of video feedback therapy – Part 4
Pubblicato da: Jeffrey Pella

Experimental mothers and their children made more elaborative and emotional utterances than mothers in the control condition. The children in the experimental group also showed better emotion-cause knowledge than control children.

The therapeutic effectiveness of video feedback – Part 3
Pubblicato da: Jeffrey Pella

Previous installments:  - This series has highlighted that training successfully increases the sensitivity of mothers with psychopathology and in the context of child adoption. From my previous series, Your first day of school will be scary, we know that anxiety disorders affect the way that mothers’ converse with their children. The ... Continua

The effectiveness of video feedback therapy – part 2
Pubblicato da: Jeffrey Pella

Maternal eating disorders, mother-child interaction and video feedback therapy. The  of this sub-series showed that  can heighten maternal sensitivity within the context of adoption. More recent research has examined the effect of video feedback on mothers with psychopathology. This installment will discuss the effect of maternal ... Continua
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