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Differentiating parental hostility from broader negative parenting constructs and integrating it into a systemic-developmental transactional framework provides a targeted, non-blaming approach for developing family-based interventions for childhood anxiety. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To conceptualize parental hostility during middle childhood as a specific relational mechanism linked to childhood anxiety and introduce a systemic-developmental transactional framework for intervention and research.

September 2, 2026The Family JournalOpen Access

Parental Hostility and Childhood Anxiety: A Systemic-Developmental Transactional Framework for Family-Based Intervention Development and Research

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Conceptual analysis demonstrates parental hostility dynamics in childhood anxiety, highlighting the value of co-regulation and dyadic repair in family-based interventions.

Key Points

To conceptualize parental hostility during middle childhood as a specific relational mechanism linked to childhood anxiety and introduce a systemic-developmental transactional framework for intervention and research.
Conceptual differentiation of parental hostility from overlapping constructs, including parental rejection, punitive discipline, psychological control, and autonomy restriction.
Integration of attachment theory, family systems theory, and transactional developmental models to map parental hostility against caregiver regulation, family stress, and child traits.
Introduces the Co-Regulation and Parent–Child Resilience in Middle Childhood framework as a non-blaming conceptual adjunct to standard evidence-based anxiety interventions.
Identifies specific therapeutic targets, including caregiver emotion regulation, predictable parenting routines, warmth, autonomy support, graded mastery, and dyadic repair.
Delineates an observational research agenda to evaluate transactional mechanisms and parent-child interactional changes over time.

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Bita Baradaranhezaveh (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e2eac562ede874ec74d5 https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807261483723

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September 2, 2026The Family JournalOpen Access

Parental Hostility and Childhood Anxiety: A Systemic-Developmental Transactional Framework for Family-Based Intervention Development and Research

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BBBita Baradaranhezaveh

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Overview

Conceptual analysis demonstrates parental hostility dynamics in childhood anxiety, highlighting the value of co-regulation and dyadic repair in family-based interventions.

Key Points

To conceptualize parental hostility during middle childhood as a specific relational mechanism linked to childhood anxiety and introduce a systemic-developmental transactional framework for intervention and research.
Conceptual differentiation of parental hostility from overlapping constructs, including parental rejection, punitive discipline, psychological control, and autonomy restriction.
Integration of attachment theory, family systems theory, and transactional developmental models to map parental hostility against caregiver regulation, family stress, and child traits.
Introduces the Co-Regulation and Parent–Child Resilience in Middle Childhood framework as a non-blaming conceptual adjunct to standard evidence-based anxiety interventions.
Identifies specific therapeutic targets, including caregiver emotion regulation, predictable parenting routines, warmth, autonomy support, graded mastery, and dyadic repair.
Delineates an observational research agenda to evaluate transactional mechanisms and parent-child interactional changes over time.

Cite This Study

Bita Baradaranhezaveh (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e2eac562ede874ec74d5 https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807261483723

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