Anxiety disorders in adolescents and psychosocial outcomes at age 30
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Background Anxiety disorders are associated with adverse psychosocial functioning, and are predictive of a wide range of psychiatric disorders in adulthood.Objective The present study examined the associations between anxiety disorders during childhood and adolescence and psychosocial outcomes at age 30, and sought to address the extent to which psychopathology after age 19 mediated these relations.Method Eight hundred and sixteen participants from a large community sample were interviewed twice during adolescence, at age 24, and at age 30. They completed self-report measures of psychosocial functioning and semi-structured diagnostic interviews during adolescence and young adulthood.Results Adolescent anxiety predicted poor total adjustment, poor adjustment at work, poor family relationships, problems with the family unit, less life satisfaction, poor coping skills, and more chronic stress. Adolescent anxiety predicted, substance (SUD), alcohol abuse/dependence (AUD), and anxiety in adulthood. No adult psychopathology mediated the relationship between childhood anxiety disorders and psychosocial outcomes at age 30. Adult, SUD, AUD and anxiety mediated the association between adolescent anxiety and most domains of psychosocial functioning at age 30.Limitations The participants are ethically and geographically homogenous, and changes in the diagnostic criteria and the interview schedules across the assessment periods.Conclusion Adolescent anxiety, compared to childhood anxiety, is associated with more adverse psychosocial outcomes at age 30. Adolescent anxiety affects negative outcomes at age 30 directly and through adult anxiety, SUD and AUD.
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Untreated anxiety disorders in adolescence are associated with poorer psychosocial functioning in adulthood, including income and unemployment, maladjustment, chronic stress, poor coping skills, and depression.
“Untreated anxiety disorders in adolescence are associated with poorer psychosocial functioning in terms of, for example, income and unemployment, maladjustment, chronic stress and poor coping skills, and other forms of psychopathology, including depression in adulthood (Essau et al., 2014).”
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The Discussion (page not supplied) links adolescent-onset anxiety with income, unemployment, maladjustment, poor coping skills, and chronic stress at age 30; it also reports an association with adult major depressive disorder. The cited paper does not establish that these findings apply specifically to untreated anxiety disorders, so that qualifier is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredAdolescent anxiety disorders are linked to significant short- and long-term impairments across a broad spectrum of life domains.
“Adolescent ADs have also been linked to significant short and long-term impairments across a broad spectrum of life domains [13–16].”
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Anxiety disorders often persist into adulthood with significant effects on functioning and quality of life.
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Anxiety and depression in children and adolescents cause significant interference with relationships, academic performance, school attendance, and daily functioning.
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ResultFrequency, Comorbidity, and Psychosocial Impairment of Depressive Disorders in Adolescents
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ResultPrecursors and Correlates of Anxiety Trajectories From Late Childhood to Late Adolescence
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BackgroundResultCurrent comorbidity among consecutive adolescent psychiatric outpatients with DSM-IV mood disorders
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“…performance (Sijtsema et al., 2014), higher risk of unemployment in adulthood (Egan et al., 2016), increased medical burden (Pape et al., 2012), socialisation difficulties (Zwierzynska et al., 2013), greater drug and alcohol use (Essau et al., 2014), and increased suicidality (Galaif et al., 2007).”
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“These findings are in agreement with studies that reported elevated emotional symptoms to be a predictor of anxiety and/or depression in adulthood (Balázs et al., 2013; Essau et al., 2014).”
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“…have been associated with increased risk of educational underachievement, unemployment, substance abuse, teenage pregnancy, poor physical health, and future suicidal behaviour (Bridge et al., 2006; Clayborne et al., 2019; Essau et al., 2014; Keenan‐Miller et al., 2007; Woodward et al., 2001).”
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“Without input, dif fi culties can have a signi fi cant detrimental effect on physical, social and psychological outcomes in adulthood (5, 6).”
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What steps to take? How to approach concerning anxiety in youth.
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“Childhood and adolescent anxiety and depression are risk factors for both disorders in adulthood.(17,18) Obsessive compulsive disorder has been characterized by the World Health Organization as one of the 10 most disabling conditions of all medical and psychiatric diagnoses in the industrialized world.”
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“These disparities are thought to be more significant for anxious youth (Gudiño et al., 2009), and are problematic, as untreated anxiety in childhood is associated with long-term negative outcomes (Essau et al., 2014).”
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“…including increased risk of disorder persistence and reoccurrence, increased comorbidity, and worse psychosocial functioning later in life (Essau, Lewinsohn, Olaya, & Seeley, 2014; Fleisher & Katz, 2001; McLeod, Horwood, & Fergusson, 2016; Naicker, Galambos, Zeng, Senthilselvan, & Colman,…”
Culturally adapted transdiagnostic CBT for SSRI resistant Turkish adolescents: A pilot study.
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“Our results are in line with previous studies with youth indicating transdiagnostic CBT is effective in alleviating anxiety and depression symptoms (Essau et al., 2014).”
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“As mentioned before, some of the problems associated with SN addiction, in addition to a lower level of emotional wellbeing, include underperformance in education (Woodward and Fergusson 2001), making wrong decisions in life (Kessler et al. 2005), and psychological disorders (Essau et al. 2014).”
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“They are characterized by impairment across multiple domains of functioning and carry risk for a host of poor longterm outcomes (2).”
BackgroundLife satisfaction and mental health from age 17 to 21 years in a general population sample
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Self-citation
- Authors
- Essau, C. A., Lewinsohn, P. M., Olaya, B., & Seeley, J. R.
- Affiliations
- University of Roehampton (GB)
- Oregon Research Institute (US)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Essau, Cecilia A.
- Venue
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-07
- Volume
- 163
- Pages
- 125-132
- ISSN
- 0165-0327 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4028371
- OpenAlex
- W2166294338
- Cited by
- 384
- References
- 59
- Citations by year
- 2026: 25 · 2025: 43 · 2024: 66 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 48 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 38 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 13.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Affective Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH040501, R01MH050522)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- adolescent anxiety, childhood anxiety disorders, psychosocial functioning, life satisfaction, family relationships, work adjustment, coping strategies, chronic stress, substance use disorders, alcoholism, adult anxiety, mediation, long-term outcomes
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Family Relations, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Social Adjustment, Substance-Related Disorders, Young Adult
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