Yadav Prateek, Chauhan Vinay Singh, Bhat P S, Agarwal Nidhi, Yadav Charu, Bhatia Sameer
Department of Psychiatry, Base Hospital Delhi Cantt, New Delhi, India.
Department of Psychiatry, AFMC, Pune, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2017 Jan-Jun;26(1):56-63. doi: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_40_17.
Preexamination period is an exceptionally stressful time for schoolgoing children and adolescents, and the propensity of having anxiety symptoms increases.
This study aimed to assess the presence of anxiety symptoms in students in preexamination period.
The study was carried on 619 children from Class VIII to XI. All of them were given a structured questionnaire for sociodemographic profile and Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders questionnaire. Association of various variables with presence of anxiety symptoms was assessed. Statistics was analyzed with SPSS version 17.0 software.
Totally 170 children (27.5%) had anxiety symptoms, similarly the various subgroups had increased frequency compared to the known prevalence in this age group. Age, years spent in the current school, living with parents, presence of domestic stressors, and grade deterioration, all were significantly associated with increased frequency of these symptoms. Similarly, association with various subgroups is described.
This study attempts to give evidence of increased anxiety symptoms, during preexamination phase, compared to the reported prevalence in this age group, and thus to address this becomes imperative which will improve their performance and also the mental health preventing distress along with psychological and behavioral problems.
考试前期对学龄儿童和青少年来说是一个压力极大的时期，出现焦虑症状的倾向会增加。
本研究旨在评估处于考试前期的学生中焦虑症状的存在情况。
该研究针对619名八年级至十一年级的学生开展。所有学生均接受了一份关于社会人口学特征的结构化问卷以及儿童焦虑相关情绪障碍筛查问卷。评估了各种变量与焦虑症状存在情况之间的关联。使用SPSS 17.0软件进行统计学分析。
共有170名儿童（27.5%）有焦虑症状，同样，与该年龄组已知患病率相比，各个亚组的频率均有所增加。年龄、在当前学校就读的年限、与父母同住、存在家庭压力源以及成绩下降，所有这些都与这些症状频率的增加显著相关。同样，也描述了与各个亚组的关联。
本研究试图证明，与该年龄组报告的患病率相比，考试前期焦虑症状有所增加，因此解决这一问题变得势在必行，这将提高他们的表现，还能改善心理健康，预防痛苦以及心理和行为问题。
