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Akande, A.; Osagie, J. E.; Mwaiteleke, P. B.; Botha, K. F. H.; Ababio, E. P.; Selepe, T. J.; Chipeta, K. – Early Child Development and Care, 1999
Explores fears and phobias of childhood from a behavioral perspective. Maintains that many childhood fears are mild, age-specific, and transitory, whereas others persist beyond normal developmental limits. Maintains that severe school phobia is difficult to manage. Notes that reports of successful behavioral treatments of fears/phobias are rare in…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Modification, Child Behavior, Child Development