Am J Psychiatry 1989; 146:384-386
Copyright © 1989 by American Psychiatric Association
Self-reported anxiety in adolescents
GA Bernstein, BD Garfinkel and HM Hoberman
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
In a study of 988 adolescents, female gender, somatic complaints, history
of physical and sexual abuse, poor grades, use of street drugs, and family
history related to depression were among factors that differentiated
adolescents reporting high anxiety from those reporting low anxiety.