Fears in anxious children

IntroductionFear is a distressing emotion aroused by a risk or a damage, real or imaginary. Fears have a warning function against dangers. Nevertheless, fear can also become in one of the most limiting elements of a person's life.ObjectivesTo characterize the profile of fears presented in a sample of 19 children, aged between 8 and 13 years old, who had previously been diagnosed with one of the following: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder or Social Phobia.Material and methodsThe sample was taken from patients who participated in a cognitive-behavioral group therapy. The Spanish version of the Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised (FSSC-R) questionnaire was employed. The FSSC-R asks children to indicate on a 3-point scale (‘none’, ‘some’, ‘a lot’) how much they fear 80 specific stimuli or situations. Five basic categories of fears can be stablished: failure and criticism (17 items); the unknown (17 items); minor injury and small animals (13 items); danger and death (16 items); medical fears (5 items).ResultsThe sample includes 19 children: 12 boys (63.2%) and 7 girls (36.8%). The median age is 10.74 years. The sample shows 15 excessive fears on average (those scored as ‘a lot’). Girls show higher rates of excessive fears than boys: 19 versus 13. The most common fears were ‘being hit by a car or truck’, ‘bombing attacks. Being invaded’, ‘a burglar breaking into our house’ and ‘falling from high places’.ConclusionsMost common excessive fears belong to danger and death category. Females report more fears than males.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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Anxiety and loss experiences during pregnancy and postpartum and anxious children

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1247 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (S1) ◽

pp. S352-S352

Author(s):

M.J. Güerre ◽

O. Santesteban ◽

L. Hernandez ◽

D. Rentero

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Anxiety Disorder ◽

Anxiety Disorders ◽

Psychosocial Functioning ◽

Postpartum Period ◽

Separation Anxiety ◽

Separation Anxiety Disorder ◽

Pregnancy And Postpartum ◽

Competing Interest ◽

Cat Model

Anxiety disorders in children are very prevalent in youth. They are associated with poor psychosocial functioning and predict later psychopathology in individuals. Environmental and genetic factors and their interaction are involved in the genesis of anxiety disorders.Stress, depression or anxiety during pregnancy are considered risk factors for development of psychopathology in children. We aimed to know its relationship whit anxiety disorders in young people.Patients recruited for this study were the participants of our CBT group based in the coping cat model of treatment. All of them were children between 8 and 13 years old and meet criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder or Social Phobia. Children and their parents assessed different anxiety and socio-demographic questionnaires. For this study we only analyzed the risk factors of pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding of the socio-demographic interview. SPSS v-21 was the statistical instrument.We found out that mothers of our patients had reported anxiety symptoms, loss experiences or stress during pregnancy or postpartum period more than we expected.Stress, anxiety or depression during pregnancy is related with anxiety disorders in children. Helping mothers to cope with stressors during pregnancy and postpartum period will contribute to a better mental health in their children. The findings of this study match with previous researches.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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Cognitive-behavioral group therapy versus group psychotherapy for social anxiety disorder among college students: a randomized controlled trial

Depression and Anxiety ◽

10.1002/da.20877 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 28 (11) ◽

pp. 1034-1042 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Andri S. Bjornsson ◽

L. Cinnamon Bidwell ◽

Alisha L. Brosse ◽

Gregory Carey ◽

Monika Hauser ◽

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Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Anxiety Disorder ◽

Social Anxiety ◽

Group Therapy ◽

Social Anxiety Disorder ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Behavioral Group

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Overview of Anxiety Disorders

10.2310/im.13019 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Jon E Grant

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Anxiety Disorder ◽

Panic Disorder ◽

Anxiety Disorders ◽

Separation Anxiety ◽

The United States ◽

Specific Phobia ◽

Separation Anxiety Disorder ◽

Generalized Anxiety ◽

Psychosocial Impairment

Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorders among adults in the United States. Although anxiety disorders generally result in significant psychosocial impairment, most adults do not seek treatment until many years after the onset of the anxiety disorder. The treatment literature for anxiety disorder has grown tremendously since the 1980s, and both psychotherapy and medications may prove beneficial for people with anxiety disorders. This review presents a general overview of the anxiety disorders. This review contains 7 tables, and 33 references. Key words: agoraphobia, anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, separation anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobia, treatment of anxiety

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Clinical variants and types of course of separation anxiety disorder in adults

Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii im S S Korsakova ◽

10.17116/jnevro202112105119 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 121 (5) ◽

pp. 19

Author(s):

I.A. Arkusha ◽

K.V. Zakharova ◽

M.S. Zinchuk ◽

A.S. Avedisova

Keyword(s):

Anxiety Disorder ◽

Separation Anxiety ◽

Separation Anxiety Disorder ◽

Clinical Variants

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Comparing of the Effectiveness of Child-Centered Play Therapy and Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) on the Affective Style in Children with Separation Anxiety Disorder

Journal of Counseling Research ◽

10.18502/qjcr.v20i79.7347 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Seyyedeh Masoumeh Seyyedi Andi ◽

Mahmoud Najafi ◽

Isaac Rahimian Boogar

Keyword(s):

Anxiety Disorder ◽

Play Therapy ◽

Primary Schools ◽

Separation Anxiety ◽

Separation Anxiety Disorder ◽

Affective Style ◽

Child Centered ◽

And Control ◽

Child Centered Play Therapy ◽

Experimental Group

Aims: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of child-centered play therapy and (CPRT) on the affective styles in children suffering from separation anxiety disorder. Method: The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test and control groups. The statistical population of this study consisted of all female students with separation anxiety in the fifth and sixth grades of primary schools in city of Babol, of whom 45 of these students were selected via random sampling, and were randomly divided into three groups: experimental group-1, experimental group-2 and control group. The first experimental group received child-centered play therapy with Axline approach in sixteen 45-minute sessions, and the second experimental group were taught (CPRT) ten 2-hour sessions. The research instruments were questionnaire (form d) of the children Symptoms Inventory (Sprafkin, Lani & Gadow, 1994) and the Affective Style Questionnaire (Hofmann & Kashdan, 2010) . Covariance was used to analyze the data. Findings: The results showed that both interventions play an effective role in improving the affective styles in children with separation anxiety disorder. Moreover, there was a significant difference between the effectiveness of (CPRT) and child-centered play therapy and the (CPRT) was more effective in improving the affective styles there (p< 0/05). Conclusions: CPRT training can be considered as a more suitable alternative in improving the affective styles as well as in improving the psycho-cognitive symptoms of children with separation anxiety disorder.

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