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Anxiety in Depressed School Children

Kerstin Palmerus

Goteborg University, Sweden

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between anxiety and depression in school children. From a pool of 292 nineto eleven-year-old children, 23 depressed children (12 boys and 11 girls) were identified and compared to 23 ageand schoolmatched controls. Measures were based on parallel items from the self-rated Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), parent-rated Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) and Children's Behaviour Questionnaire for parents and teachers as compared to DSM-III symptomatology for Overanxious Disorder (OAD). Results suggest that depressed children are generally anxious but not identical to children suffering from OAD. Depressed girls were most likely to suffer from tension and somatic symptoms than depressed boys, who tend to be more generally anxious at this age.

School Psychology International, Vol. 18, No. 2, 165-177 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/0143034397182005


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