Adults who feared school: is early separation anxiety specific to the pathogenesis of panic disorder?

摘要: Although juvenile separation anxiety disorder is maintained to be a predisposing factor adult panic in DSM-III-R, past research has failed clarify (a) whether it per se or school refusal that the pathogenic risk and (b) affected youngsters are specifically at of developing rather than symptoms general phobias later life. The present study 74 adults who responded media publicity found measure early but not history was associated with according DSM-III-R criteria. In contrast, scores were presence absence phobic-avoidance adulthood. Subjects higher more likely have either sibling child refusal. limited its method mailed survey responses and, part, retrospective data, results do provide additional support for Klein's influential theory disorder.