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Trial reportEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2026

Relationships between parental factors and child anxiety and depressive symptoms in an indicated preventive intervention.

Kristin Ytreland, Elisabeth Valmyr Bania, Carina Lisøy, Stian Lydersen, Simon-Peter Neumer, Frode Adolfsen, Kristin Dagmar Martinsen, Anne Mari Sund, Jo Magne Ingul

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Trial report in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Kristin YtrelandRegional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare - Central Norway, Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. kristin.ytreland@ntnu.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9430-2584
Elisabeth Valmyr BaniaRegional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare - Central Norway, Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
Carina LisøyRegional Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway.
Stian LydersenRegional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare - Central Norway, Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
Simon-Peter NeumerRegional Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway.
Frode AdolfsenRegional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare - Northern Norway, Faculty of Health Sciences, UIT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Kristin Dagmar MartinsenRegional Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway.
Anne Mari SundRegional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare - Central Norway, Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
Jo Magne IngulRegional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare - Central Norway, Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundParental factors such as parental symptomatology, family functioning, and parental practices are linked to child anxiety and depression. While most research focuses on clinical groups, this study examines these associations in an indicated sample, before and after a preventive intervention and at 12-month follow-up.

methodsParticipants included 1043 parents of 650 children (8–12 years old) from the ECHO trial, aimed at optimizing a preventive program for anxious and sad children. Using cross-lagged panel models, we modelled the relationship between parent-reported children’s anxiety and depression symptoms and parental factors. Parental factors were parents’ symptoms of anxiety and depression, family functioning and parental practices (managing emotions, setting goals & dealing with problems, and dealing with negative emotions). All variables were measured by parent-report questionnaires at baseline, post-intervention and 12-month follow-up.

resultsPositive associations were found between child anxiety and depressive symptoms, and parental anxiety and depressive symptoms and poorer family functioning. There were smaller, negative associations between children’s symptoms and positive parental practices.

conclusionParental factors were significantly associated with child anxiety and depression over time, with stronger links to parents’ anxiety and depressive symptoms and family functioning, than parental practices.

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AnxietyAnxiety DisordersDepressionParentingParentsAdultChildFemaleHumansMaleParent-Child RelationsSurveys and QuestionnairesAnxietyChildrenDepressionFamily functioningParentingPrevention

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