Predictors of Anxiety Persistence in Children and Adolescents Receiving Outpatient Mental Health Services
Year: 2006
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Clinical and demographic variables were used to predict anxiety persistence at a 1 -year follow-up in children and adolescents receiving outpatient mental health services.Anxiety persistence was defined in two ways: presence of anxiety diagnoses and smaller internalizing change scores.Extensions upon previous studies included a dimensional measure of outcome, a large sample of African Americans, and two gender interactions.Analyses were conducted on three samples (parent, child, and agency worker) that overlapped only to some degree.The presence of primary anxiety diagnoses at a 1 -year follow-up was predicted by older age (youth sample), Caucasian ethnicity (agency worker sample), and higher internalizing scores at intake (agency worker sample).The greatest predictor of smaller change scores was lower levels of internalizing symptoms at intake.Results of the current study can be generalized to outpatient mental health settings.
Author: Veronika Karpenko
Institution: Ohio University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2601318437