title: Behavioural inhibition: is it a risk factor for anxiety?
abstract: Behavioural inhibition is a stable temperamental trait that is identifiable during infancy and toddlerhood and is characterized by fearful reactivity to novelty. Children identified as behaviourally inhibited have been shown to be at increased risk for developing anxiety disorders such as social phobia. The current review addresses the link between behavioural inhibition and the risk for developing anxiety disorders. Research suggests that this risk may be modulated by a number of extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Extrinsic factors include particular parental beliefs, parenting styles, and childrearing contexts. Intrinsic factors include executive function capacities such as attention bias, attention shifting, inhibitory control, and self-monitoring. In the present paper we review the contribution of these factors to the development of anxiety in behaviourally inhibited children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Ayelet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lahat
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Nathan A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D056344:Executive Function; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D007389:Internal-External Control; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013694:Temperament