Pereira Ana Isabel, Muris Peter, Barros Luisa, Goes Rita, Marques Teresa, Russo Vanessa
Faculdade de Psicologia da Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1649-013, Lisbon, Portugal,
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2015 Mar;24(3):327-37. doi: 10.1007/s00787-014-0583-2. Epub 2014 Jul 25.
This study explored the agreement and discrepancy between mother and child reports of children's anxiety symptoms and anxiety life interference. A large community sample of 1,065 Portuguese children aged between 7 and 14 years and their mothers completed a DSM-based anxiety symptoms scale. For a subsample of 135 children with an anxiety disorder, additional data on children's anxiety life interference and maternal anxiety and depression symptoms were collected. The results showed that children generally reported higher levels of anxiety symptoms than their mothers. Overall, most correlations between mother and child reports of anxiety symptoms were significant but in the low to moderate range, with the strongest associations for symptoms of specific phobias and school phobia. In the subsample of children with an anxiety disorder, mothers reported higher levels of anxiety life interference than children, and the correlation between mother and child reports of anxiety life interference was significant but again modest in magnitude. Lastly, maternal anxiety was positively associated with the discrepancy between mother and child reports of anxiety symptoms. Together, the results of this study further underline the importance of a multi-informant approach in the evaluation of children's anxiety problems.
本研究探讨了儿童焦虑症状及焦虑对生活的干扰在母子报告之间的一致性和差异。一个由1065名7至14岁葡萄牙儿童及其母亲组成的大型社区样本完成了一份基于《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》的焦虑症状量表。对于135名患有焦虑症的儿童的子样本，收集了关于儿童焦虑对生活的干扰以及母亲焦虑和抑郁症状的额外数据。结果显示，儿童报告的焦虑症状水平总体上高于其母亲。总体而言，母子焦虑症状报告之间的大多数相关性显著，但处于低到中等范围，其中特定恐惧症和学校恐惧症症状的关联最强。在患有焦虑症的儿童子样本中，母亲报告的焦虑对生活的干扰程度高于儿童，母子焦虑对生活的干扰报告之间的相关性显著，但程度同样适中。最后，母亲的焦虑与母子焦虑症状报告之间的差异呈正相关。总之，本研究结果进一步强调了多信息源方法在评估儿童焦虑问题中的重要性。
