A community study of anxiety in children and adolescents.

摘要: Employed an epidemiologic approach to investigate rates, symptoms, and behavioral concomitants of anxiety in 210 children (aged 8, 12, or 17 yrs) from a community sample. Ss were evaluated with structured diagnostic assessments. Anxiety was the most frequently reported type of psychopathology across all 3 age groups. Although the prevalence of any anxiety symptom remained constant, specific types of anxiety varied with age. Age differences in nonanxiety behavior were found between Ss with and without anxiety …