Background Although the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the incidence of distress in
youth, some children show increased resilience, emphasizing the need to better understand …

ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Stress is not inherently negative. As youth will
inevitably experience stress when facing the various challenges of adolescence, they can …

Background Child anxiety sensitivity (AS) is measured almost exclusively using the
Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI). Yet, in the context of significant discrepancies …

The COVID-19 pandemic led to increased distress in many children, particularly in girls.
Socio-emotional vulnerability, as well as psychiatric symptomatology prior to or during the …

Background Studies report a growing tendency for students to experience state anxiety in
schools. However, the combination of individual susceptibilities likely to trigger students' …

The coronavirus (COVID-19) disease pandemic has been associated with adverse
psychological outcomes. This cross-cultural study (N= 1326, 71% female) aimed to …

Observational fear learning can contribute to the development of fear-related
psychopathologies, such as anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder …

Anxiety sensitivity (AS), namely the fear of anxiety symptoms, has been described as a
precursor of sub-threshold anxiety levels. posited that increased AS would arise from an …

In March 2020, and in order to assess the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on stress and
mental health in parent‐child dyads using pre‐pandemic measures, we recontacted …

This study aimed to investigate whether attentional bias to threat, commonly observed in
clinically anxious children, also manifests in healthy children, potentially aiding the early …