“Nobody Here Likes Her”—The Impact of Parental Verbal Threat Information on Children's Fear of Strangers
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| author | Cosima A. Nimphy Bernet M. Elzinga Willem Van der Does Bram Van Bockstaele Koraly Pérez‐Edgar Michiel Westenberg Evin Aktar |
| author_facet | Cosima A. Nimphy Bernet M. Elzinga Willem Van der Does Bram Van Bockstaele Koraly Pérez‐Edgar Michiel Westenberg Evin Aktar Cosima A. Nimphy Bernet M. Elzinga Willem Van der Does Bram Van Bockstaele Koraly Pérez‐Edgar Michiel Westenberg Evin Aktar |
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| contents | “Nobody Here Likes Her”—The Impact of Parental Verbal Threat Information on Children's Fear of Strangers Cosima A. Nimphy Bernet M. Elzinga Willem Van der Does Bram Van Bockstaele Koraly Pérez‐Edgar Michiel Westenberg Evin Aktar Developmental Psychobiology ABSTRACTParental verbal threat (vs. safety) information about strangers may induce fears of these strangers in adolescents. In this multi‐method experimental study, utilizing a within‐subject design, parents provided standardized verbal threat or safety information to their offspring (N = 77, Mage = 11.62 years, 42 girls) regarding two strangers in the lab. We also explored whether the impact of parental verbal threat information differs depending on the social anxiety levels of parents or fearful temperaments of adolescents. Adolescent's fear of strangers during social interaction tasks was assessed using cognitive (fear beliefs, attention bias), behavioral (observed avoidance and anxiety), and physiological (heart rate) indices. We also explored whether the impact of parental verbal threat information differs depending on the social anxiety levels of parents or fearful temperaments of adolescents. The findings suggest that a single exposure to parental verbal threat (vs. safety) information increased adolescent's self‐reported fears about the strangers but did not increase their fearful behaviors, heart rate, or attentional bias. Furthermore, adolescents of parents with higher social anxiety levels or adolescents with fearful temperaments were not more strongly impacted by parental verbal threat information. Longitudinal research and studies investigating parents’ naturalistic verbal expressions of threat are needed to expand our understanding of this potential verbal fear‐learning pathway. 10.1002/dev.22526 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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| spellingShingle | “Nobody Here Likes Her”—The Impact of Parental Verbal Threat Information on Children's Fear of Strangers Cosima A. Nimphy Bernet M. Elzinga Willem Van der Does Bram Van Bockstaele Koraly Pérez‐Edgar Michiel Westenberg Evin Aktar Developmental Psychobiology “Nobody Here Likes Her”—The Impact of Parental Verbal Threat Information on Children's Fear of Strangers Cosima A. Nimphy Bernet M. Elzinga Willem Van der Does Bram Van Bockstaele Koraly Pérez‐Edgar Michiel Westenberg Evin Aktar Developmental Psychobiology ABSTRACTParental verbal threat (vs. safety) information about strangers may induce fears of these strangers in adolescents. In this multi‐method experimental study, utilizing a within‐subject design, parents provided standardized verbal threat or safety information to their offspring (N = 77, Mage = 11.62 years, 42 girls) regarding two strangers in the lab. We also explored whether the impact of parental verbal threat information differs depending on the social anxiety levels of parents or fearful temperaments of adolescents. Adolescent's fear of strangers during social interaction tasks was assessed using cognitive (fear beliefs, attention bias), behavioral (observed avoidance and anxiety), and physiological (heart rate) indices. We also explored whether the impact of parental verbal threat information differs depending on the social anxiety levels of parents or fearful temperaments of adolescents. The findings suggest that a single exposure to parental verbal threat (vs. safety) information increased adolescent's self‐reported fears about the strangers but did not increase their fearful behaviors, heart rate, or attentional bias. Furthermore, adolescents of parents with higher social anxiety levels or adolescents with fearful temperaments were not more strongly impacted by parental verbal threat information. Longitudinal research and studies investigating parents’ naturalistic verbal expressions of threat are needed to expand our understanding of this potential verbal fear‐learning pathway. 10.1002/dev.22526 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| title | “Nobody Here Likes Her”—The Impact of Parental Verbal Threat Information on Children's Fear of Strangers |
| topic | Developmental Psychobiology |
| url | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dev.22526 |