Canals J, Martí-Henneberg C, Fernández-Ballart J, Clivillé R, Domènech E
Department of Education and Psychology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
Psychol Rep. 1992 Oct;71(2):503-12. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1992.71.2.503.
Changes in scores on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children for a sample of 534 pubertal adolescents were longitudinally studied over a period of 4 years. Biological development and other variables were investigated. For the 310 boys, A-trait scores decreased significantly with age. The 224 girls showed significantly higher scores than boys in all years of the study. No significant relationship was found between anxiety and pubertal maturity. The year-to-year persistence in symptomatology of anxiety ranged between 55.6% and 66.1% for girls and between 48.5% and 53.1% for boys. Girls showed bi- and tri-annual persistence between 31% and 50%, and boys between 13% and 27%. Neuroticism scores formed the best predictor of A-trait scores. Symptomatology of anxiety is not transient during early adolescence, so personality may provide a risk indicator in the development of anxiety.
对534名青春期青少年样本进行了为期4年的纵向研究，观察他们在儿童状态-特质焦虑量表上的得分变化。同时对生物发育和其他变量进行了调查。对于310名男孩，A特质得分随年龄显著下降。在研究的所有年份中，224名女孩的得分均显著高于男孩。未发现焦虑与青春期成熟之间存在显著关系。女孩焦虑症状的逐年持续性在55.6%至66.1%之间，男孩在48.5%至53.1%之间。女孩的两年和三年持续性在31%至50%之间，男孩在13%至27%之间。神经质得分是A特质得分的最佳预测指标。焦虑症状在青春期早期并非短暂存在，因此人格可能是焦虑发展中的一个风险指标。
