Brooker Lab

Texas A&m University

PSYCHOLOGY

College Station · United States

NIH-funded
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NIH R01 · 2025

Biological Systems as Mediators of Bidirectional Influences on Anxiety Risk in the Mother-Child Dyad During Infancy

Project Summary/Abstract Anxiety is one of the most prevalent and costly problems facing mothers and their young children. Theoretical models about the etiology of anxiety risk, reflecting bidirectional associations between mothers and offspring, have gone largely without direct empirical testing. This has left a critical gap in knowledge regarding the nature of familial risk that will be necessary for a full understanding of the etiology of anxiety problems, one of the most prevalent, pervasive, and costly public health concerns in the present day. Two specific barriers to the successful prevention and treatment of anxiety problems include (1) an absence of empirically validated models…

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