The extent to which differences exist within the group
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The extent to which differences exist within the group of socially anxious individuals and whether these have a predictive value for the extent of symptom reduction after cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been studied less until to dat
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Sourced from the abstract and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2018 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 12 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- Symptoms of social anxiety, depression, and stress in parents of children with social anxiety disorder (2018) · British Journal of Clinical Psychology · cited 12× · doi
OBJECTIVES: It has been suggested that elevated maternal social anxiety may play a disorder-specific role in maintaining childhood social anxiety disorder (SAD), but few studies have examined whether mothers of children with SAD are more socially anxious than mothers of children with other anxiety disorders (ANX).
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: anxiety social disorder mothers children objectives elevated maternal play specific role maintaining childhood examined whether - Neurophysiological sensitivity in early childhood: EEG aperiodic slope moderates the association between maternal anxiety and child internalizing symptoms (2026) · Development and Psychopathology · doi
The neurobiological mechanisms underlying the association between maternal anxiety symptoms and child internalizing symptoms are relatively unexplored. There is a need to investigate the role of EEG aperiodic slope in moderating the association between maternal anxiety symptoms and child internalizing symptoms.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: neurobiological mechanisms underlying association between maternal anxiety symptoms - Can attentional biases predict outcome of CBT in children with social anxiety disorder? (2025) · Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry · doi
The extent to which differences exist within the group of socially anxious individuals and whether these have a predictive value for the extent of symptom reduction after cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been studied less until to date and yielded inconsistent findings, particularly in child samples.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: extent differences exist within group socially anxious individuals whether predictive value symptom reduction cognitive behavioral
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