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01-10-2008

Severe Life Events and Chronic Adversities as Antecedents to Anxiety in Children: A Matched Control Study

Auteurs: Jennifer L. Allen, Ronald M. Rapee, Seija Sandberg

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 7/2008

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Abstract

The present study compared the number of severe life events and chronic adversities as reported retrospectively by mothers of children with an anxiety disorder (n = 39) prior to the onset of their most recent episode, with controls (n = 39) matched for age and sex. The parent version of the Psychosocial Assessment of Childhood Experiences (PACE) was used to assess chronic adversities (long-term experiences with negative impact on child) and severe life events (discrete life events with high long-term threat). A significantly greater number of severe life events and chronic adversities were assessed prior to onset for anxious children compared to controls. The finding for severe life events held regardless of whether impact ratings were assigned by mothers or a panel of independent raters, suggesting the findings reflect actual as opposed to perceived differences. Results suggest that both discrete and chronic stressors may constitute risk for future episodes of anxiety in children.
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No between-subjects main effects or within-subjects interactions involving the covariate maternal relationship status were significant for any of the reported analyses, all ps > 0.614.
 
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The main analyses for severe life events and chronic adversities were repeated excluding children for whom the current episode was also their initial episode of anxiety (n = 7). The between subjects main effect of group remained significant for severe life events (p = 0.037) and chronic adversities (p = 0.006) despite the exclusion of these participants.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Severe Life Events and Chronic Adversities as Antecedents to Anxiety in Children: A Matched Control Study
Auteurs
Jennifer L. Allen
Ronald M. Rapee
Seija Sandberg
Publicatiedatum
01-10-2008
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 7/2008
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-008-9240-x

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