Risk indicators of anxiety throughout adolescence: The TRAILS study

Depression and AnxietyVolume 28, Issue 6 p. 485-494 Research Article Risk indicators of anxiety throughout adolescence: The TRAILS study F. V. A. van Oort Ph.D., Corresponding Author F. V. A. van Oort Ph.D. [email protected] Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam/Sophia Children's Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsErasmus MC, Dept Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, PO Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorK. Greaves-Lord Ph.D., K. Greaves-Lord Ph.D. Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam/Sophia Children's Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorJ. Ormel Ph.D., J. Ormel Ph.D. University Medical Centre Groningen, Interdisciplinary Centre for Psychiatric Epidemiology (ICPE), Groningen, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorF. C. Verhulst M.D. Ph.D., F. C. Verhulst M.D. Ph.D. Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam/Sophia Children's Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorA. C. Huizink Ph.D., A. C. Huizink Ph.D. Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam/Sophia Children's Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Research Institute for Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this author F. V. A. van Oort Ph.D., Corresponding Author F. V. A. van Oort Ph.D. [email protected] Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam/Sophia Children's Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsErasmus MC, Dept Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, PO Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorK. Greaves-Lord Ph.D., K. Greaves-Lord Ph.D. Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam/Sophia Children's Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorJ. Ormel Ph.D., J. Ormel Ph.D. University Medical Centre Groningen, Interdisciplinary Centre for Psychiatric Epidemiology (ICPE), Groningen, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorF. C. Verhulst M.D. Ph.D., F. C. Verhulst M.D. Ph.D. Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam/Sophia Children's Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorA. C. Huizink Ph.D., A. C. Huizink Ph.D. Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam/Sophia Children's Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Research Institute for Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this author First published: 20 April 2011 https://doi.org/10.1002/da.20818Citations: 58Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Abstract Background: The aim was to identify risk indicators from preadolescence (age period 10–12) that significantly predict unfavorable deviations from normal anxiety development throughout adolescence (age period 10–17 years). Methods: Anxiety symptoms were assessed in a community sample of 2,220 boys and girls at three time-points across a 5-year interval. Risk indicators were measured at baseline and include indicators from the child, family, and peer domain. Associations with anxiety were measured with multilevel growth curve analyses. Results: A stable difference in anxiety over adolescence was found between high and low levels of a range of child factors (frustration, effortful control), family factors (emotional warmth received from parents, lifetime parental internalizing problems), and peer factor (victims of bullying) (P<.001). In contrast, the difference in anxiety between high and low levels of factors, such as self-competence, unfavorable parenting styles, and bully victims, decreased over adolescence (P<.001). For other family factors, associations were weaker (.05