Anxiety is experienced in response to threats that are distal or uncertain, involving changes
in one's subjective state, autonomic responses, and behavior. Defensive and physiologic …

Background: Interpretation bias, which involves interpreting ambiguous social events
negatively and catastrophising even mildly negative social events, has been suggested as a …

Considerable work has advanced understanding of the nature, causes, management, and
prevention of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents over the past 30 years. Prior to …

A great deal of research aims to identify risk factors related to individual vulnerability to
develop stress-induced psychopathologies. Here, we summarize evidence that point at …

The Now We Are Eight Report continues the series of “Now We Are” reports, adding child-
centred descriptive information about the cohort children's wellbeing and development in …

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences are stressful for many children
and their families. Previous research with school-aged children has shown that negative …

Threat-anticipatory defensive responses have evolved to promote survival in a dynamic
world. While inherently adaptive, aberrant expression of defensive responses to potential …

In this conceptual article, we draw upon the literature regarding cognitive and behavioural
factors that underpin childhood anxiety to outline how a range of these risk markers might be …

The COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying containment measures such as physical
distancing and school closures led to major changes in children's everyday lives. By means …

Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology is a comprehensive introduction to the field. It
covers theoretical and methodological foundations and examines the characteristics …