title: [Anxiety in adolescents of a Madrid neighbourhood].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the degree of state-trait anxiety in adolescents and its possible association with several socio-demographic variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  First semester of 2004. Two state secondary schools in Area 7, Madrid, Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five hundred fifty nine students from the first to third years of secondary education.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two anonymous multiple-choice tests were given out to fill in during class time: STAIC (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children) and a questionnaire of socio-demographic variables (age, sex, immigration, toxic habits, socio-economic and family situation, relationships, view of life, and school results).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four hundred forty five tests were valid. Mean age, 13.8 (SD, 1.2); 53.5% were girls, 18.7% immigrants, 20.7% took drugs (alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs), 32.8% had repeated at least 1 year, 14.3% considered their relationship with their family "bad," 15% referred to a "bad" relation with their class mates and 29.5% had a "bad" view of life. A statistically significant association was established between all these variables and anxiety.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to know what risk factors are associated with anxiety in order to detect it early and prevent its development to other serious mental disorders. In this study, higher levels of anxiety were found in immigrants, in girls, in drug users, in students in a worse socio-economic situation and in students who have had to repeat a year. This study corroborates the classic risk factors associated with anxiety, but shows that we should take into account a further one: immigration. It also suggests the importance of good family and personal relationships for psychological balance.
authors.affiliation: C S General Farijul, Atención Primaria. Area 7 de Salud, Madrid, España. cristinarasilla@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García de la Rasilla Cooper
authors.forename: Adela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hijano Baonza
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carreño Freire
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martín Bun
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gisbert Rodríguez
authors.forename: Enriqueta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peña Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population