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Are reported differences in life events for anxious children and controls due to comorbid disorders?
- Source :
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Journal of anxiety disorders [J Anxiety Disord] 2009 May; Vol. 23 (4), pp. 511-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Oct 28. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Many studies have reported that anxious children experience more negative life events than controls. However, studies have not yet addressed the possibility that this difference may be due to comorbidity with non-anxiety disorders. Furthermore, presence of psychopathology may also lead children to act in ways that increases frequency of negative life events and decreases the frequency of positive life events. Mother and child-report versions of a questionnaire measure of life events (CASE) assessed life events in the past 12 months in anxiety-disordered children (n=198), and controls (n=88). Mother reports indicated that anxious children experienced more negative and fewer positive behavior-dependent events than control children. Child reports showed a similar pattern, however significant differences were only present between anxious and control groups on the number of negative behavior-dependent events. Results indicated that anxious-control differences remain irrespective of comorbidity with non-anxiety disorders. However, the highest rates of negative life events were present in children with a comorbid disorder.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Anxiety Disorders diagnosis
Child
Child Behavior Disorders diagnosis
Child Behavior Disorders psychology
Comorbidity
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Female
Humans
Male
Observer Variation
Surveys and Questionnaires
Anxiety Disorders epidemiology
Anxiety Disorders psychology
Child Behavior Disorders epidemiology
Life Change Events
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-7897
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of anxiety disorders
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19054649
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.10.005