Results indicated that children’s anxious, but not positive or depressed, selfstatements significantly predicted anxiety in children with and without AD.
For children with AD, changes in anxious self-statements mediated treatment gains, replicating a previously reported finding.
A states of mind ratio mediated only 1 outcome measure, and positive and depressive cognitions served no mediating role.
The impact of anxious self-talk on children’s adjustment and implications for cognitive theory of anxiety in children are discussed.