Anxious Solitude/Withdrawal and Anxiety Disorders: Conceptualization, Co-occurrence, and Peer Processes Leading Toward and Away from Disorder in Childhood

摘要

This chapter contains (1) an analysis of commonalities and differences in anx-ious solitude and social anxiety disorder, and a review of empirical investiga-tions examining (2) correspondence among childhood anxious solitude andanxiety and mood diagnoses and (3) the relation between peer difficultiesand temporal stability of anxious solitude and depressive symptoms. Findingssupport a diathesis-stress model in which anxious solitude forecasts symptomsof psychopathology primarily in the context of interpersonal stress. Addition-ally, evidence for individual and environmental factors which moderate risk forpeer difficulties among anxious solitary children is reviewed. Implicationsfor intervention are discussed.