title: [Emotional problems and parenting locus of control in children with anxiety disorders].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To carry out a preliminary study on the emotional problems and parenting locus of control among children with anxiety disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 110 children with simple anxiety disorders (AD group) and 113 normal children (control group) from September to December 2005 were enrolled. Children were asked to complete the Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children (DSRSC), the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), and the Parenting Locus of Control Scale (PLOC).A total of 197 valid scales were returned.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The scores of somatic, generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, social phobia anxiety, school phobia anxiety, total anxiety, and total depression were all higher in the AD group than in the control group (P<0.01). The score of "education effects" for parents was significantly higher in the AD group than that in the control group (P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children with anxiety disorders tend to have more emotional problems and poorer parental education effects.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Xue-Rong
authors.initials: XR
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Bing-Qing
authors.initials: BQ
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Xiu-Hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Zhi-Jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Ning
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000209:etiology*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting