title: Symptoms of anxiety and associated risk and protective factors in young Asian American children.
abstract: Anxiety is one of the most prevalent mental health problems in young children but there has been a dearth of studies focusing on Asian American children. This study examines the patterns and the predictors of childhood anxiety and related symptoms in young children in a diverse Asian American (ASA) sample (n = 101). Findings indicate that ASA children are at higher risk for anxiety, somatization, and depressive problems than their peers. Parents' level of acculturation (i.e., American identity, English competence), parental negative emotion socialization, conflicted parent-child relationship, child emotional knowledge and adaptive skills, as well as teachers' ethnic background and school class types were all associated with ASA children's anxiety. A combination of cultural, family, and school factors explained from 17 to 39 % of the variance in anxiety symptoms. Findings inform prevention services for young ASA children.
authors.affiliation: NYU Child Study Center, 1 Park Ave, 7th floor, New York, NY 10016, USA. Huangk01@nyumc.org
authors.forename: Keng-Yen
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Calzada
authors.forename: Laurie Miller
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Brotman
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000208:ethnology; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D005195:Family Relations / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D011316:Preventive Psychiatry / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment