title: Anxiety and oppositional defiant disorder: a transdiagnostic conceptualization.
abstract: This review puts forth a transdiagnostic lens through which to examine the oft-found comorbidity between anxiety and oppositional defiant disorder in children and adolescents. Children who experience these co-occurring disorders may be at greater risk for adverse outcomes. Our review begins with a broad examination of the comorbidity between anxiety and oppositionality and then highlights three underlying processes that characterize both anxiety and oppositionality: emotion regulation difficulties, information processing biases, and specific parenting practices. These underlying processes are then discussed within the context of developing a treatment to target these transdiagnostic processes for families with a child who experiences comorbid anxiety and oppositionality. Our review concludes with future directions for this emerging area of research.
authors: Virginia Tech, Department of Psychology, Child Study Center, USA. mgfraire@vt.edu
authors: Maria G
authors: MG
authors: Fraire
authors: Thomas H
authors: TH
authors: Ollendick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D006801:Humans