Beidel D C, Fink C M, Turner S M
Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1996 Jun;24(3):257-69. doi: 10.1007/BF01441631.
The stability of anxiety states and symptoms was assessed in a sample of 150 anxious and nonanxious children. A number of assessment methods including a semistructured interview, self-report instruments, psychophysiological measures, and parental reports were used initially and at intervals up to 6 months later. The majority of children with a diagnosed anxiety disorder at the initial assessment still manifested significant symptomatology at the 6 month follow-up. However, stability of specific anxiety symptoms when assessed by self- and parental reports was mixed. With respect to psychophysiological assessment, stability of responses was evident at 2 weeks but not after 6 months. Results are discussed in terms of the stability of diagnoses and symptomatology, and the need for thematically relevant self-reports and behavioral assessment tasks. Recommendations are made for the development of a reliable, multimethod strategy to assess the multiple domains of childhood anxiety.
在150名焦虑和非焦虑儿童的样本中评估了焦虑状态和症状的稳定性。最初以及在长达6个月后的不同时间间隔，使用了多种评估方法，包括半结构化访谈、自我报告工具、心理生理测量以及家长报告。在初始评估中被诊断患有焦虑症的大多数儿童在6个月随访时仍表现出明显的症状。然而，通过自我报告和家长报告评估时，特定焦虑症状的稳定性情况不一。关于心理生理评估，2周时反应的稳定性明显，但6个月后则不然。从诊断和症状的稳定性以及对主题相关的自我报告和行为评估任务的需求方面对结果进行了讨论。针对开发一种可靠的多方法策略以评估儿童焦虑的多个领域提出了建议。
