Award Date
1-1-2001
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
First Committee Member
Christopher Kearney
Number of Pages
62
Abstract
Forty-four families whose children were tested for Separation Anxiety Disorder three years ago were again contacted for a follow-up study focusing on stability of the diagnosis over time and the associative characteristics of parent pathology and aspects of their family environment. Children were diagnosed with either no symptoms of separation anxiety, subclinical symptoms of separation anxiety (1 or 2 symptoms), or clinical Separation Anxiety Disorder (3 or more symptoms). Parent pathology focused on depression, obsessive/compulsive, phobic anxiety, and somatization. Family environment examined parental control and level of expression in the family. Current levels of parental pathology were found to be associated with both current and previous levels of Separation Anxiety. However, there was a decrease in diagnosis severity over time, so the hypothesis that Separation Anxiety Disorder is a stable disorder was not supported.
Keywords
Anxiety; Child; Correlates; Disorders; Environment; Family; Parent; Pathology; Separation
Controlled Subject
Clinical psychology; Social psychology
File Format
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1576.96 KB
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Pursell, Courtney Ryan, "Parent pathology and family environment as correlates of child separation anxiety disorder" (2001). UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations. 1258.
http://dx.doi.org/10.25669/15v6-2klp
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