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Summary
Participants from 11 rural counties in western North Carolina participated in a prospective longitudinal study aimed at characterizing developmental patterns, prevalence, and comorbidity of childhood anxiety disorders and their relationships to adult functioning. Results suggest that anxiety disorders are common, that the prevalence of various anxiety disorders differs with age, and that childhood anxiety is associated with adulthood maladaptation.
Citation
Copeland, W. E., Angold, A., Shanahan, L., Costello, E. J. (2014). Longitudinal Patterns of Anxiety From Childhood to Adulthood: The Great Smoky Mountains Study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 53, 21-33. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2013.09.017