The relationship between anxiety disorder symptoms and negative self-statements in normal children

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Peter Muris
Harald Merckelbach
Birgit Mayer
Neinke Snieder
Cite this article:  Muris, P., Merckelbach, H., Mayer, B., & Snieder, N. (1998). The relationship between anxiety disorder symptoms and negative self-statements in normal children. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 26(3), 307-316.


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The current study examined the relationship between anxiety disorder symptoms and negative self-statements in a sample of normal children (N = 119). Children were asked to complete the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) and the Negative Affect Self-Statement Questionnaire (NASSQ). Results showed that, in normal children, there is a positive relationship between anxiety disorder symptoms, as indexed by the SCARED, and negative self-statements, as measured by the NASSQ. In particular, anxious self-statements were more often present in children who exhibited relatively high levels of anxiety symptoms. Furthermore, depressive and anxious-depressive self-statements were found to be positively associated with the presence of symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, separation anxiety disorder, and panic disorder.
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