Título : Síntomas de trastornos de ansiedad en ninos ˜ y adolescentes: diferencias en función de la edad y el sexo en una
muestra comunitaria |
Autor : Orgilés, Mireia Méndez, Xavier  Espada, José Pedro Carballo, José Luis  Piqueras, Jose A |
Editor : Elsevier |
Departamento: Departamentos de la UMH::Psicología de la Salud |
Fecha de publicación: 2012 |
URI : https://hdl.handle.net/11000/35880 |
Resumen :
Introducción: Los síntomas de ansiedad en la infancia y adolescencia constituyen un importante
factor de riesgo para el desarrollo de los trastornos de ansiedad en etapas evolutivas posteriores.
Este estudio examina la frecuencia y características de los síntomas de los principales trastornos
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Introduction: Anxiety symptoms in childhood and adolescence are an important risk factor
for developing anxiety disorders in subsequent development stages. This study examines the
frequency and characteristics of the symptoms of the principal anxiety disorders in children
and adoloscents using a self-report questionnaire based on the diagnostic categories of the
American Psychiatric Association (APA) manual.
Material and methods: A cross-sectional, non-interventional study was conducted on 2522 children and adolescents form 8 to 17 years (49% males), enrolled from different schools in the
Province of Alicante who completed the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale.
Results: The mean score obtained on the scale (range: 0-114) was 25.15 (standard deviation
(SD) = 13.54). More than one in four (26.41%) of the children and adolescents showed high scores
in any anxiety disorder. The anxiety symptoms due to separation were the most frequent in the
sample (5.5%), followed by physical fears (5.1%). Girls scored significantly higher in all disorders
(P < .001), except in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Differences were found as regards age in
all disorders, except physical fears, but the effect sizes were only in anxiety due to separation,
which decreased with age, and generalised anxiety, which was higher in adolescents than in
children.
Conclusions: From the mental health perspective, it is important to be able to detect anxiety
symptoms in children from 8 years onwards, in order to intervene early and prevent the development of anxiety disorders in later life.
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Palabras clave/Materias: Trastornos de ansiedad Sintomatología ansiosa Infancia Adolescencia Autoinforme Anxiety disorders Anxiety symptoms Childhood Adolescence Self-report |
Área de conocimiento : CDU: Filosofía y psicología: Psicología |
Tipo de documento : info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos de acceso: info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional |
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rpsm.2012.01.005 |
Publicado en: Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Volume 5, Issue 2, April–June 2012, Pages 115-120 |
Aparece en las colecciones: Artículos- Psicología de la Salud
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