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Publication Date: 2012-Dec
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Relations between Behavioral Inhibition, Big Five Personality Factors, and Anxiety Disorder Symptoms in Non-Clinical and Clinically Anxious Children
Vreeke, Leonie J.; Muris, Peter
Child Psychiatry and Human Development, v43 n6 p884-894 Dec 2012
This study examined the relations between behavioral inhibition, Big Five personality traits, and anxiety disorder symptoms in non-clinical children (n = 147) and clinically anxious children (n = 45) aged 6-13 years. Parents completed the Behavioral Inhibition Questionnaire-Short Form, the Big Five Questionnaire for Children, and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders-Revised. Results indicated that, compared to parents of non-clinical children, parents of clinically anxious children rated their offspring higher on neuroticism and behavioral inhibition, but lower on extraversion, conscientiousness, and intellect/openness. Further, extraversion emerged as the strongest correlate of an inhibited temperament, and this appeared true for the clinically anxious as well as the non-clinical children. Finally, in both the clinical and non-clinical samples, higher levels of behavioral inhibition and neuroticism were unique and significant predictors of anxiety disorders symptoms. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Measures (Individuals), Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety, Emotional Disturbances, Inhibition, Personality, Correlation, Personality Measures, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Neurosis, Extraversion Introversion, Predictor Variables, Children, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns
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