Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Child Dev. 2021 Nov;92(6):2563-2576. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13644. Epub 2021 Aug 31.
This study explored the transactional association between anxiety symptoms and risk-avoidance in Dutch elementary schoolchildren (N = 1200; 50% girls) across ages 8-12. Anxiety symptoms were obtained using self-, peer-, and teacher-reports. Risk-avoidance was measured using the Balloon Analogue Risk Task-Youth Version. Random-intercept cross-lagged panel models showed that, across informants, increases in anxiety symptoms predicted decreases in risk-taking. Apart from minor exceptions, this effect was similar across sexes. For peer-reports, the reverse path from decreases in risk-taking to increased anxiety was also found. Overall, this study gives insight into the developmental link between symptoms of anxiety and risk-avoidance which is important for early signaling and prevention as well as for our understanding of the consequences of childhood anxiety symptoms.
本研究探讨了荷兰小学生（N=1200；50%为女生）在 8-12 岁期间焦虑症状与避险行为之间的交互关联。使用自我报告、同伴报告和教师报告来评估焦虑症状。使用气球模拟风险任务青年版来衡量避险行为。随机截距交叉滞后面板模型显示，各报告者中，焦虑症状的增加预示着冒险行为的减少。除了一些较小的例外，这种影响在性别上相似。对于同伴报告，冒险行为减少到焦虑增加的反向路径也被发现。总的来说，本研究深入了解了焦虑症状与避险行为之间的发展联系，这对于早期信号和预防以及我们对儿童焦虑症状后果的理解都很重要。
