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Title: Family Accommodation and Separation Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Child Attachment.
Authors: Weeks, Gillian A. (AUTHOR), Sakmar, Elcin (AUTHOR), Clark, Taylar A. (AUTHOR), Rose, Anastasia M. (AUTHOR), Silverman, Wendy K. (AUTHOR), Lebowitz, Eli R. (AUTHOR)
Source: Child Psychiatry & Human Development. Apr2026, Vol. 57 Issue 2, p314-323. 10p.
Subjects: Separation anxiety, Attachment behavior, Parenting, Moderation
Abstract: Family accommodation, or changes in parental behavior aimed at avoiding or alleviating child anxiety-related distress, contributes to the severity of anxiety symptoms, and is most strongly associated with separation anxiety. This study examined whether child attachment security, characterized as the degree to which children perceive their parents to be reliable, available, and communicative, moderates the association between family accommodation and separation anxiety symptoms, and whether this moderation is specific to separation anxiety among other anxiety symptoms. In a sample of clinically anxious children (N = 243, 6–12 years), family accommodation was significantly positively associated with separation anxiety symptoms across levels of attachment security. Family accommodation was more strongly associated with parent-reported separation anxiety symptoms in children with lower attachment security compared with those with higher attachment security. No significant moderation effect emerged for other anxiety symptoms. Findings enhance understanding of the role of attachment within family accommodation of child anxiety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Family accommodation, or changes in parental behavior aimed at avoiding or alleviating child anxiety-related distress, contributes to the severity of anxiety symptoms, and is most strongly associated with separation anxiety. This study examined whether child attachment security, characterized as the degree to which children perceive their parents to be reliable, available, and communicative, moderates the association between family accommodation and separation anxiety symptoms, and whether this moderation is specific to separation anxiety among other anxiety symptoms. In a sample of clinically anxious children (N = 243, 6–12 years), family accommodation was significantly positively associated with separation anxiety symptoms across levels of attachment security. Family accommodation was more strongly associated with parent-reported separation anxiety symptoms in children with lower attachment security compared with those with higher attachment security. No significant moderation effect emerged for other anxiety symptoms. Findings enhance understanding of the role of attachment within family accommodation of child anxiety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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