Temperament and Family Environment in the Development of Anxiety Disorder: Two-Year Follow-up

Behavioral inhibition (BI) in early childhood is associated with increased risk for anxiety. The present research examines BI alongside family environment factors, specifically maternal negativity and overinvolvement, maternal anxiety, and mother-child attachment, with a view to providing a broader understanding of the development of child anxiety.Participants were 202 children classified at age 4 years as either behaviorally inhibited (N = 102)...