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ArticleChild psychiatry and human development2022

How Anxious are German Preschool Children?

Daniela Ehrenberg, Arnold Lohaus, Kerstin Konrad, Lorena Lüning, Nina Heinrichs

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Article in Child psychiatry and human development, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Daniela EhrenbergDepartment of Psychology, Institute of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Assessment, University of Braunschweig, Humboldtstraße 33, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany. d.ehrenberg@tu-braunschweig.de.ORCID 0000-0002-6580-8487
Arnold LohausDepartment of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Kerstin KonradChild Neuropsychology Section, Institute of Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (INM-11), RWTH Aachen University Hospital and Research Center Jülich, University Hospital Aachen, Juelich, Aachen, Germany.
Lorena LüningDepartment of Psychology, Institute of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Assessment, University of Braunschweig, Humboldtstraße 33, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany.
Nina HeinrichsDepartment of Psychology, Institute of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Assessment, University of Braunschweig, Humboldtstraße 33, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany.
Technische Universität Braunschweig · DEBielefeld University · DEUniversitätsklinikum Aachen · DEUniversity of Bremen · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The experience of fear is universal and is among the earliest of all forms of psychopathology, if excessively present. To prevent negative developmental outcomes due to early-onset excessive fears in children, it is important to systematically assess these experiences as early as possible. Using the preschool anxiety scale (PAS), we aimed to assess the frequency and structure of anxiety symptoms of 489 preschool-aged children raised in their biological family and 88 raised in foster care (as a high-risk sample) in Germany. While these young children displayed the same types of anxiety most commonly as young children in other countries, the overall occurrence seems to be reported less often by parents in Germany compared to parents from other countries. Anxiety symptoms clustered into five correlated factors (generalized anxiety, social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), physical injury fear and separation anxiety). Young children in foster care exhibited more OCD and significantly less social anxiety symptoms indicating early repetitive and social disturbances in children in foster care.

Indexed as

AnxietyObsessive-Compulsive DisorderAnxiety DisordersChild, PreschoolFearHumansPsychopathologyAnxietyFoster carePreschool anxiety scale (PAS)Preschool children

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PMID33966151
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