title: Anxiety, somatic complaints, and depressive symptoms in rural adolescents.
abstract: 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.
authors: University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, PA, USA. KRP12@pitt.edu
authors: Kathryn R
authors: KR
authors: Puskar
authors: Susan M
authors: SM
authors: Sereika
authors: Linda L
authors: LL
authors: Haller
mesh_terms: 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