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ERIC Number: EJ1375961
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jun
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1037-2911
EISSN: EISSN-1839-2520
Child Avoidance of Anxiety-Provoking Situations in the Classroom and Teacher Accommodation
Golda S. Ginsburg; Jeffrey E. Pella; Anneliese DeVito; Grace Chan
Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, v33 n1 p51-61 Jun 2023
This study examined: (1) school-based avoidance among students with problematic anxiety, (2) teachers' levels of accommodation of avoidant behaviour, and (3) the relation between teacher accommodation and student avoidance and anxiety. Participants included 31 elementary school students with problematic anxiety (mean age = 7.7 years; range 5-11; 58% female; 71% White) and their teachers (mean age = 41.1 years; 100% female; 100% White). Children completed interviews about their anxiety, and teachers reported on students' avoided situations and completed a questionnaire about their own use of accommodation. Results indicated that the most commonly avoided situations involved individual and group academic performance (e.g., reading aloud in front of class). All teachers engaged in some form of accommodating behaviour more than one day a week (e.g., assisted a student in avoiding things that might make him/her more anxious), and teachers who reported engaging in more accommodating behaviours had students with higher avoidance and anxiety. Findings suggest that additional training and research on teachers' behaviours that maintain and/or reduce anxiety via reducing accommodating behaviours appears warranted. [For the corresponding grantee submission, see ED620190.]
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Related Records: ED620190
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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