title: Use of the Beck Anxiety Inventory with adolescent psychiatric outpatients.
abstract: The Beck Anxiety Inventory was administered to 105 outpatients between 13 and 17 years old who were diagnosed with various types of psychiatric disorders. A principal factor analysis was performed, and two factors were found representing subjective and somatic symptoms of anxiety. The item compositions of these factors were comparable to those previously described for adolescent inpatients. The results are discussed as supporting the use of the inventory for evaluating self-reported anxiety in outpatient adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine 08103-1505, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Steer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Ranieri
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy