Silove Derrick, Slade Tim, Marnane Claire, Wagner Renate, Brooks Robert, Manicavasagar Vijaya
Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Randwick NSW, 2031, Australia.
Compr Psychiatry. 2007 Nov-Dec;48(6):546-53. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.05.011. Epub 2007 Aug 20.
Recent evidence suggests that a clinical form of separation anxiety can be observed in adults. An important question of relevance to defining the construct of adult separation anxiety is whether there is discontinuity between that constellation and other forms of anxiety. In the present study, 2 taxometric procedures - Mean Above Minus Below a Cut and Maximum Eigenvalue - were used to assess whether adult separation anxiety conformed primarily to a categorical or a dimensional pattern. The data were derived from a separation anxiety symptom questionnaire completed by 840 consecutive adult patients attending an anxiety disorders clinic. Although some results of the analysis were ambiguous, the overall findings suggested a dimensional pattern. The relevance of the finding to the status of adult separation anxiety is discussed.
近期证据表明，成年人中可观察到一种临床形式的分离焦虑。与定义成人分离焦虑结构相关的一个重要问题是，该症候群与其他形式的焦虑之间是否存在不连续性。在本研究中，采用了两种分类分析程序——均值上减均值下截点法和最大特征值法——来评估成人分离焦虑主要符合类别模式还是维度模式。数据来自一份分离焦虑症状问卷，该问卷由一家焦虑症诊所的840名连续就诊的成年患者填写。尽管分析的一些结果不明确，但总体结果表明为维度模式。文中讨论了这一发现与成人分离焦虑状况的相关性。
