Her mom and teachers also noticed that she'd changed from her playful, vibrant self, to
a more anxious child.
Because many of the previous investigations have been conducted using community samples, we asked whether we would find the same associations among anxiety, emotion understanding, emotion regulation, and attachment security, as other studies; namely that
more anxious children will show more limited emotion understanding, greater difficulties regulating their emotions, and report less attachment security than less anxious children (e.g., Brumariu et al., 2012; Bender et al., 2015).
The findings of the current study are in line with previous studies showing that
more anxious children have greater difficulties in regulating their emotions (e.g., Carthy et al., 2010), and experience attachment relationships with their parents as less secure (e.g., Colonnesi et al., 2011).
Not exact matches
If you have a seriously
anxious child, the Times and WSJ article are worth a read in full for a
more in - depth understanding of the science, but the takeaway of both is clear for those facing
more garden - variety youthful anxiety: Be kind but be firm and nudge your kids to face their fears.
, those with an
anxious kid at home have a
more immediate concern — how should I handle a
child who is too fearful to enjoy a playdate, order a slice of pizza, or get through a math quiz without distraction?
Girls are
more likely to have concerns about their appearance than boys as they return to school after the summer holidays, with
children becoming
more anxious as they get older.
«Tini,» the
child of the church struggle, as he was called, was swinging Gollwitzer's big watch on its chain, while the young pastor waxed ever
more anxious.
Others said they felt less
anxious about the birth,
more confident about bringing up a
child or encouraged in thinking about what is important for the baby, as a result of their interaction with the Family Nurse.
Bed bonding results in
more independent
children: Generally speaking, research around secure and insecure attachments show that
children that are securely attached to their parents become independent
more easily and those that are insecurely attached end up being
anxious or overly dependent.
As a result, their
children do better in school, are less
anxious, and are
more socially competent.
Giving an
anxious child a teddy bear in a white coat or a new toy medical kit is a great way to build new and
more positive associations for future medical visits.
Children who are introverted,
anxious, or submissive are
more likely to be bullied than kids who are extroverted and assertive.
Habits may develop as entertainment for a bored
child or,
more commonly, as a coping mechanism to soothe an
anxious one.
When your well - being lies in your
child's hands, the
more invested you'll become in him — and the
more anxious you'll feel about his every move.
Conversely, nothing can make a
child feel
more anxious and spoil an appetite faster than seeing a table full of «weird» foods (weird is in the eye of the beholder).
That's especially true if your
child has a shy,
anxious, or timid temperament, since she may be
more sensitive to separations.
However,
children that become
anxious about potty training many times have
more accidents since they are uptight about the experience.
The researchers speculate that some
children — those who are
more inhibited or
anxious — at are greater risk for chronic nightmares and other psychological problems.
If your
child believes you are worried or
anxious, he may become
more fearful.
Many
children, they said, now appeared
more anxious,
more impulsive, less focused,
more heedless of others, and
more dependent on other people to do things for them than they had been in the past.
Seventeen - month - old kids who were rated by their mothers as
anxious, difficult, or emotionally disturbed were
more likely than other
children to have bad dreams at 29 months (Simard et al 2008).
Some
children are born innately secure and trusting of their environment and abilities, others are born a little
more fussy or
anxious.
When you are stressing out and getting upset, your
child will catch on and that might make them even
more anxious.
American
children are
more depressed,
anxious, entitled and unmotivated than they have been in many years.
For parents who are
anxious about sending kids to summer camp, remember that the cost of a good camp covers
more than the arts and crafts; it includes a team of professionals and counselors committed to fostering social learning in your
child
As part of treatment Dr. Bubrick explains to family members how to recognize OCD symptoms, and how to avoid accommodation and instead encourage
children to use the skills they are learning in therapy to deal with their
anxious feelings in a
more healthy and productive way.
The educator in me knows that all
children develop at their own pace, but the mama in me is starting to get
more anxious than usual.
A study in Holland found that mothers with high levels of stress during pregnancy are
more likely to give birth to
anxious children.
That's especially true if your
child has a shy,
anxious, or timid temperament, since he may be
more sensitive to separations.
This is usually obvious from a
child's infancy, for instance being
more anxious or sensitive to a variety of things from a very young age.
Parents are often
more anxious about attending to firstborn
children and tend to let bedtime routines and rules slide.
ALICIA GONZALEZ: And you know, when you say relative I also think it depends on how many
children: first time parents tend to be a little bit
more anxious about it, as you mentioned, having the hand sanitizer
more within reach.
And considering that
children learn
more from what parents model, the skills that parents are teaching when they spank, issue timeouts, or use other punishments is to feel
anxious and afraid, to expect physical or emotional pain when they approach a behavior boundary, and to react to feeling angry by controlling and coercing others.
I believe family bed advocates when they claim that co-sleeping raises independent, confident and secure
children — I also believe that leaving your baby to fend for them self during these times of nighttime need may produce
children who are
more dependent,
anxious and insecure.
The added stress of the speech / language disorder, learning disability, or processing disorder may cause the
child to feel that much
more anxious and insecure or uncomfortable in situations where there is an expectation to speak.
This will help your
child feel less
anxious,
more comforted, and
more likely to cooperate.
As part of a diagnosis of a generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), a
child should have one of these symptoms for six months or
more, and they should be triggered by
more than one thing, such as being
anxious about work, school, and friends.
Young people are very
anxious about not finding jobs, and their parents are even
more anxious about the future of their
children after seeing them through school.
Having two stressed - out parents had the opposite effect, with the spigot leading to the release of
more cortisol, making the
children more fearful and
anxious.
These higher levels are consistent with reports from parents and teachers, and from other studies, that
children with ASDs are
more likely to be
anxious in social situations than typically developing
children.
The researchers found that the
more BPA
children were exposed to in the womb, the
more anxious, depressed and hyperactive they were at three years old and the
more difficulty they had controlling their emotions and inhibiting behaviors.
A most important finding [in a recent study] was that the fearful or
anxious children, defined... as those with seven or
more worries, did not seem to be in any particular psychological trouble.
Studies show transgender
children are
more likely to be
anxious and depressed, and whether or not they feel supported in their gender identity may play a role in their well - being.
We know that nature serves as a calming force when we're stressed or
anxious, and its effects on
children may be even
more profound.
Details that a
more anxious filmmaker might have overplayed — the drug taking in the car, the black dirt coating the feet of the little
children — happen in a sudden flash, just to the edge of frame.
And remember that
children take their cues from us; keep things positive and your
child is
more likely to maintain an open and optimistic attitude, too, making him better able to adjust than if he feels
anxious or critical.
«You might notice your
child might seem unusually
anxious, upset, nervous, teary, withdrawn or secretive and these behaviours become
more pronounced at the end of the weekend or holidays, when the
child has to go back to school,» Professor Green said.
Without a doubt, the overscheduled
child is
more likely to become
anxious.
John Cameron, head of NSPCC Helplines, said: «Since April, Childline has already received
more than 300 contacts from young people
anxious about terrorism, so we know it's a
child welfare issue that is impacting on their emotional wellbeing.
«There is an education revolution sweeping the country and it has touched Tennessee - parents are hungry and
anxious to take
more control over their
child's education, especially parents» whose
children are trapped in schools that fail to meet their needs,» said Tommy Schultz, spokesman for Haslam, in a written statement.»