Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10447891 | Journal of Anxiety Disorders | 2005 | 20 Pages |
Abstract
The current study employed present-oriented self-report measures to compare groups of socially anxious, depressed, mixed socially anxious and depressed, and comparison youth on perceptions of the family environment, as assessed via the Family Environment Questionnaire (FEQ). Results indicated that the mixed and depressed groups rated their parents as being overly concerned with others' opinions, feeling ashamed of their performance, and restricting family sociability more than the socially anxious and comparison groups. With respect to the latter two groups, the socially anxious group rated their family environment more negatively than the comparison group on each of these variables. Implications of the findings and directions for future research are discussed.
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Authors
Helena S. Johnson, Heidi M. Inderbitzen-Nolan, Ann M. Schapman,