Anxiety, somatic complaints, and depressive symptoms in rural adolescents.
OBJECTIVE
Undiagnosed and untreated anxiety in adolescents is often associated with greater rates of mood and behavior problems, somatic complaints, and risk for future psychiatric disorders. METHODS. A self-report anxiety instrument was administered as part of a community survey of 466 rural adolescents.


RESULTS
Anxiety symptoms were strongly correlated with both physical complaints and depression. Females had higher scores for total anxiety and the anxiety subtypes of generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, and school phobia.


CONCLUSIONS
Implications for nursing practice are provided.
Puskar
Kathryn R
KR
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, PA, USA. KRP12@pitt.edu
Sereika
Susan M
SM
Haller
Linda L
LL
D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology