Differential Occurrence of Comorbidity Within Childhood Anxiety Disorders

Verduin, Timothy L.; Kendall, Philip C.

doi:10.1207/s15374424jccp3202_15

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“…Applying cross-sectional research designs, previous studies found high comorbidity rates among different types of anxiety problems (Essau et al, 2000;Masi et al, 1999;Newman et al, 1996;Verduin & Kendall, 2003). The present study extended the knowledge about the taxonomy of anxiety problems in young adolescents with longitudinal data.…”

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confidence: 65%

“…The high degree of comorbidity amongst anxiety disorders in children and adolescents seems to point in the direction of one taxonomic construct, instead of a number of separate disorders. High comorbidity rates have been reported by many authors (Essau et al, 2000;Masi et al, 1999;Newman et al, 1996;Verduin & Kendall, 2003). Evidence for a higher order factor that explains the presence of different types of anxiety has been found in children (Nauta et al, 2004) and adults (Hettema et al, 2005;Krueger, 1999;Vollebergh et al, 2001).…”

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confidence: 92%

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Homotypic Versus Heterotypic Continuity of Anxiety Symptoms in Young Adolescents: Evidence for Distinctions Between DSM-IV Subtypes

Ferdinand

Dieleman

Ormel

et al. 2008

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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Objective: to investigate homotypic and heterotypic longitudinal patterns of symptoms of separation anxiety disorder (SAD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobia (SoPh), panic disorder (PD), and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in young adolescents from the Dutch general population.Method: 2,067 individuals (51.4% girls) from a Dutch community sample, who were assessed for the first time when they were aged 10 to 12 years, were followed up across a period of two years. At both assessments, anxiety symptoms were assessed with the RCADS, a self-report questionnaire.Results: Regression analyses indicated that homotypic continuity was relatively high for SAD, GAD, and SoPh symptoms, and for PD in girls.Conclusions: In many studies, anxiety disorders are treated as one group of disorders, and some widely used assessment instruments, such as the Child Behavior Checklist, do not even contain scales that tap different anxiety dimensions. In the present study, evidence for homotypic continuity was found, especially for symptoms of separation, social, and generalized anxiety, and for symptoms of panic disorder in girls, underscoring the usefulness of making distinctions between different anxiety constructs.

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confidence: 92%

Homotypic Versus Heterotypic Continuity of Anxiety Symptoms in Young Adolescents: Evidence for Distinctions Between DSM-IV Subtypes

Ferdinand

Dieleman

Ormel

et al. 2008

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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“…The tendency for anxious and depressed symptoms to co-occur has been frequently documented [Brady and Kendall, 1992;Mineka et al, 1998;Verduin and Kendall, 2003]. Developmental psychopathologists, as well as personality theorists, contend that anxiety and depression may be more accurately explained as a unitary construct referred to as "negative affect" [Chorpita, 2001;Watson and Clark, 1992].…”

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Psychosocial outcomes of anxious first graders: a seven-year follow-up

2007

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This study examined the concurrent and long-term psychosocial outcomes associated with anxiety symptoms among a community sample of predominately low-income African Americans (N = 149; 72 females). We classified first graders as high or low anxious using child, parent, and teacher reports. Academic, social, and psychological outcomes were assessed in the first and eighth grades. Logistic regressions with concurrent data revealed that highly anxious children were significantly more likely to score lower on measures of academic achievement and peer acceptance, but higher on measures of depression and aggression compared to their low-anxious peers. Longitudinal analyses revealed that high-anxious first graders, compared to their lowanxious peers, scored significantly lower on measures of academic achievement, aggression, and peer acceptance; and higher on measures of anxiety and depression in the eighth grade. Importantly, outcomes varied depending on informant. Findings suggest that, similar to European American youth, early-onset anxious symptoms in African American children are associated with both concurrent and long-term academic, social, and psychological difficulties.

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“…9,[37][38][39][40][41] Our results suggest that enuresis is not linked with anxiety in preschoolers, although other studies have shown a relationship in older children. [42][43][44] Anxiety probably emerges when the problem is long lasting. The child then is older, has more of a social life, and therefore is more self-conscious.…”

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Dyssomnias and Parasomnias in Early Childhood

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OBJECTIVES. Our aim for this study was to determine the prevalence of dyssomnias and various parasomnias in early childhood and to describe their temporal evolution, gender differences, and correlates.METHODS. This research is part of a longitudinal study of child development. A randomized, 3-level, stratified survey design was used to study a representative sample of infants who were born in 1997-1998 in the province of Quebec (Canada). When the children were 2.5 years of age, 1997 families agreed to be interviewed. The presence of dyssomnias or parasomnias was obtained from a self-administered questionnaire that was completed by the mother at each round of measures.RESULTS. The percentage of children with frequent night wakings decreased steadily from 36.3% at age 2.5 to 13.2% at age 6. Similarly, the percentage of children who had difficulty falling asleep at night decreased significantly from 16.0% at ages 3.5 and 4 to 10% at age 5 and to 7.4% at age 6. The overall prevalence of each parasomnia for the period studied was as follows: somnambulism, 14.5%; sleep terrors, 39.8%; somniloquy, 84.4%; enuresis, 25.0%; bruxism, 45.6%; and rhythmic movements, 9.2%. Persistent somnambulism at age 6 was significantly correlated with sleep terrors and somniloquy. Persistent sleep terrors at age 6 were also correlated with somniloquy. Finally, persistent sleep terrors at age 6 were correlated with frequent night wakings. Separation anxiety was associated with persistent night wakings and with somnambulism, bruxism, sleep terrors, and somniloquy.CONCLUSIONS. There is a high prevalence of night wakings and sleep-onset difficulties in preschool children. Parasomnias are highly prevalent in early childhood and are associated with separation anxiety. However, they have little impact on sleep duration.www.pediatrics.org/cgi

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Differential Occurrence of Comorbidity Within Childhood Anxiety Disorders

Cited by 175 publications

References 24 publications

Homotypic Versus Heterotypic Continuity of Anxiety Symptoms in Young Adolescents: Evidence for Distinctions Between DSM-IV Subtypes

Homotypic Versus Heterotypic Continuity of Anxiety Symptoms in Young Adolescents: Evidence for Distinctions Between DSM-IV Subtypes

Psychosocial outcomes of anxious first graders: a seven-year follow-up

Dyssomnias and Parasomnias in Early Childhood

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