Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
ARTICLESParent-Reported Predictors of Adolescent Panic Attacks
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Participants
Ninety-five percent (N = 2,365) of all students enrolled in four Northern California public high schools were enrolled into the study, which was presented as an investigation of student health beliefs and behaviors. The public high schools selected for the study were ethnically diverse and located in middle-class suburban neighborhoods near San Jose.
Procedure
Baseline and three annual follow-up assessments were conducted each spring. At every evaluation, students completed a self-report questionnaire and
Descriptive Analysis.
Sixty-seven (8.7%) subjects reported a lifetime history of one or more panic attacks. Table 1 shows the means and standard deviations, as well as frequencies for binary variables, for all predictor variables by gender in those adolescents with panic attacks versus those without.
Bivariate Analysis.
Logistic regression was used to evaluate the relationships between each predictor and panic attacks. Table 2 shows the outcomes of these analyses. Negative affect, parental history of PDA, SAD, and parent history of
DISCUSSION
This study provides information regarding predictors for adolescent panic attacks using parent-reported data. The use of parent-reported data provides cross-validation for risk factors identified from a previous study that used only adolescent-reported risk factors (Hayward et al., 2000) and offers tests of additional risk factors that are best obtained from parents. With respect to cross-validation, findings from this study provide further support for the association between childhood negative
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This research was made possible by grants from the NIMH (5R01 HD24779-05 and 5R01 MH45431-04) , the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and the W. T. Grant Foundation Faculty Scholars Award (Dr. Hayward). Helena C. Kraemer, Ph.D., served as the statistical consultant for this report.