Children's self-speech and self-regulation during a fear-provoking behavioral test |
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| Authors: | P J Prins |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany;2. Research and Treatment Center Adiposity Diseases, Behavioral Medicine Research Unit, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany;3. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany;4. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany;5. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria |
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| Abstract: | In this study a combined method of a behavioral test and a behavioral interview was used to assess children's spontaneous use of self-speech and self-regulation in a fear-provoking situation. Forty-four children, aged 8–12 yr, performed a series of more or less fear-provoking tasks in the swimming pool. The children were divided into high-, moderate- and low-anxious groups, based on their performance. Results showed that the report of self-speech fluctuated over the test and was found to be related to task characteristics. High fear was related to a specific type of self-speech, while lower levels of fear were not. About half of the children sampled reported use of self-regulation. Level of fear was related to the occurrence of self-regulation; the moderate-anxious children mostly reported self-regulation. No relation was found between level of fear and type of self-regulation. The findings are discussed in relation to various cognitive-behavioral assumptions. |
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