An observational study in Anxiety, sponsored by Tulane University. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 9 Years to 12 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-28.
Sponsored by Tulane University · Observational
This project will examine (a) whether parental threat communication mediates the paths from parental anxiety to children's anxiety and daily emotions, (b) whether parental threat communication mediates the link between parental anxiety and children's error monitoring in parental presence, and (c) whether children's error monitoring in parental presence is associated with anxiety, and daily emotions in real-life contexts.
Children (ages 9 to 12, to recruit 140) and their parents (140) will complete online questionnaires and participate in a lab visit. Parental threat communication will be observed during a social stress speech task. Electroencephalogram (EEG) will be recorded while children complete a Flanker task twice: in parental presence and alone. EEG data will be analyzed to compute parental modulation of children's error monitoring. Following the lab visit, children will complete a 10-day Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) procedure to report their daily emotions.
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140 children aged 9-12 (50% female) and their primary caregivers (n = 140) from New Orleans and its surrounding areas.
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Other: EEG task with and without the parent
EEG will be recorded while children complete a Flanker task twice: in parental presence and alone. EEG data will be analyzed to compute parental modulation of children's error monitoring.
Child anxiety assessed via the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders
Child anxiety will be assessed via the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders questionnaire. This questionnaire has 44 items. Items will be summed, with higher scores indicating greater child anxiety.
Time frame: Baseline
Error related negativity (ERN) measured by EEG
Error-related negativity (ERN) is measured by EEG. The mean amplitude of the ERN will be calculated from a cluster of frontocentral electrodes for the first 100 milliseconds following the error responses in the incongruent trials of the Flanker task.
Time frame: Baseline
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Plan to share: Undecided
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