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Lucia M Walsh1, Courtney Benjamin Wolk2, Emily M Becker Haimes2
1Department of Psychology, University of Miami, USA; Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Abstract:
This study examined the relationship between anger and anxiety in youth in an outpatient anxiety treatment clinic. Participants included 40 primarily female and Caucasian youth, all diagnosed with a primary anxiety disorder. Youth provided ratings of anger, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. We also obtained parent and clinician ratings of anxiety severity. Analyses supported a significant relationship between trait anger and anxiety severity. When rated by youth, trait anger was significantly related to physical symptoms of anxiety and harm avoidance. Youth report of anger symptoms was not related to parent or clinician report of youth anxiety severity. Assessing symptoms of anger in youth with anxiety disorders may be important, as it may be related to higher anxiety symptom severity for some youth. Future research in larger samples is needed to understand the co-occurrence of different components of anger and anxiety disorders and its impact on prognosis and treatment process.
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