1. Anxiety in Early Adolescence: Heterogeneous Developmental Trajectories, Associations with Risk Factors and Depressive Symptoms
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De La Torre-luque, Alejandro, Fiol-veny, Aina, Balle, Maria, Nelemans, Stefanie A., Bornas, Xavier, Leerstoel Branje, Adolescent development: Characteristics and determinants, Leerstoel Branje, and Adolescent development: Characteristics and determinants
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Male ,050103 clinical psychology ,Adolescent ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Anxiety ,Development ,Negative affectivity ,Risk Factors ,Intervention (counseling) ,Anxiety symptoms ,Growth mixture modeling ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,medicine ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Girl ,Sibling ,Child ,Temperament ,Association (psychology) ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,media_common ,Depression ,05 social sciences ,Adolescence ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,050104 developmental & child psychology ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
This study aimed: (1) to identify heterogeneous trajectories of anxiety symptoms in early adolescence; (2) to analyze the relationships between risk factors and identified trajectories; (3) to study the association between anxiety symptom trajectories and depression symptom course. Anxiety and depressive symptoms of 825 participants (44.40% boys; mean initial age = 13.01, SD = 0.56) was assessed every 6 months over an 18-month period. Trajectory identification relied on latent-variable approach. As a result, 2-4 trajectories were identified for social phobia (SP), generalized anxiety (GA) and panic symptoms, revealing at least a low-symptom course and a trajectory of elevated symptoms (at-risk trajectory). Being girl and sibling cohabitation were related to at-risk trajectories, and a course of low effortful control and heightened negative affectivity. Finally, SP and GA symptoms were related to heightened depressive symptom courses. Relevant implications towards tailored prevention and intervention are highlighted to promote a healthy development across adolescence.
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- 2019