title: The role of meta-cognition and parenting in adolescent worry.
abstract: In the meta-cognitive model of worry, positive, and negative beliefs about worry interact to make worry problematic. These beliefs have been found to be associated with anxiety in adolescents, but it is unknown whether they are associated with worry. Furthermore, it may be via cognitive mechanisms such as these, or directly through behavior, that parents influence their child's worry. The current study aimed to explore whether adolescent meta-cognition and parenting behaviors and meta-cognitions were associated with adolescent worry. Results indicated that meta-cognitions were specifically associated with worry in adolescents, but there was little evidence that parenting was. Parental worry on the other hand was associated with both parent and child reported parenting. It is concluded that the meta-cognitive model of worry may be relevant in adolescents, but that further research is required to explore how parents influence adolescent worry.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK. cewilson@tcd.ie
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Budd
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chernin
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leddy
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maclennan
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mallandain
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires