The Nature and Features of Anxiety in Youth

Behavioral Inhibition and Anxiety: The Moderating Roles of Inhibitory Control and Attention Shifting.
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39(5), 735-747. Read more.
A study found that high levels of attention shifting decreased the risk for anxiety problems in children with high levels of behavioral inhibition, whereas high levels of inhibitory control increased the risk for anxiety symptoms.

Anxiety Impacts School Functioning
School functioning in youth with and without anxiety disorders: Comparisons by diagnosis and comorbidity.
Mychailyszyn, M. P., Méndez, J. L., & Kendall, P. C. (2010)
School Psychology Review, 39(1), 106–121.
Using reports from parents and teachers, nonanxious youth had better school functioning than anxious youth.

Anxiety Affects a Very Wide Range of Youth
Clinical Characteristics of Anxiety Disordered Youth
Kendall, P. C., Compton, S. N., Walkup, J. T., Birmaher, B., Albano, A. M., Sherrill, J., Ginsburg, G., et al. (2010)
Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24(3), 360–5.
This study reports on the gender, ethnicity, age, and type of anxiety seen in a sample of 488 children and adolescents from 6 cities in the United States.

Effect of a positive emotional state on interpretation bias for threat in children with anxiety disorders
Hughes, A. & Kendall, P. C. (2008)
Emotion, 8(3), 414–418.
Anxious youth have a bias to see threat and danger, but this is reduced when they are in a positive emotional state.

Anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders in parents of children with anxiety disorders
Hughes, A., Furr, J. M., Sood, E. D., Barmish, A. J., & Kendall, P. C. (2009)
Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 40(3), 405–19.
If psychological problems are present for parents, they may want to secure help for themselves.

Family functioning in families of children with anxiety disorders
Hughes, A., Hedtke, K., & Kendall, P. C. (2008)
Journal of Family Psychology, 22(2), 325–328.
There are some difficulties in the family functioning of youth with anxiety disorders, and addressing these challenges, if present, can be helpful.

Obsessing/worrying about the overlap between obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder in youth
Comer, J. S., Kendall, P. C., Franklin, M. E., Hudson, J. L., & Pimentel, S. S. (2004)
Clin Psychol Rev. 2004 Oct; 24(6):663-83.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder in youth: Diagnostic Considerations
Benjamin, C.L., Beidas, R.S., Comer, J.S., Puliafico, A.C., & Kendall, P.C. (2011)
Depression and Anxiety, 28, 173-182.

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