Fear, anxiety and perceived control in children of agoraphobic parents

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Most children of agoraphobic parents (68%) meet one or more criteria of the DSM-III-R diagnosis; they also report more fear and anxiety than children of non-agoraphobic parents. This is probably because they have less perceived control over negative events than children of non-anxious parents. The most common problem among these children is separation anxiety disorder, found in 56%. Agoraphobic mothers have a high degree of separation anxiety and visualize less positive effects of separation from their children than non-agoraphobic mothers. The results of the study indicate that the families of agoraphobic parents have a general tendency for anxiety.

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Haley

Jan 16, 2010 @ 3:15 pm

please help me.
My name is Haley, I'm 18 years old, my mother is agoraphobic. She was not always this way when I was young, preceding my parents divorce, my
mother was a go to it kick butt mom. She attended school functions, she took me out to swim, to camp, to go sledding, she was an active part in my life. Very soon after their divorce my mother met my step father, she was "in a pit of depression". My mother began working 12 hour nights then would reside in her bedroom at all free hours. She became increasingly worse, not leaving her bedroom for anything, she was always suffering from something, panic attacks, nausea, head aches, fever, aches, pains. There were always excuses for breaking promises to me. She would sleep for 20 hours at a time, and very often she would call into work with some "illness". She was eventually fired for poor attendince, this would not be the only time. I was seven when my mother disapearred from
my life, and it's never changed. My mother suffers at least 2 serious illnesses annualy, from "meningitius" to "phnamonia" each year it
seems she loses her job on the premise
of poor attendance, and stays unemployed for as long as possible. There is always an excuse. my mother resently took 6 months off for "knee pain" putting
our home into forclosure. I'm 18 now and I know how my mother works, but I cannot say that growing up this way has not had very deletarious effects on my life. I miss her, and I wish she would seek help, I miss my mother and I need help. Can Anyone help?

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Psychopathology among offspring of parents with substance abuse and/or anxiety disorders: A high-risk study

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The correlates and consequences of parental psychopathology were studied in families with comorbidity of substance abuse and anxiety disorders. There was a strong rate of specificity of familial aggregation of both anxiety and substance disorders. Conduct disorder and depression rates were higher among offspring of all affected parents. The findings regarding the specificity of transmission of the anxiety disorders and links between parental substance abuse and antisocial personality with child conduct disorder were further strengthened with the inclusion of co-parent disorders.

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Parenting and childhood anxiety: theory, empirical findings, and future directions

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Studies on theories of childhood anxiety development show little support for a correlation between self-reported parenting style and children's trait anxiety. Evidence for parental acceptance role and modeling of anxious behaviors was mixed. Implications for further research are examined.

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