Treating Comorbid Anxiety and Aggression in Children

Autor/inn/en	Levy, Karyn; Hunt, Caroline; Heriot, Sandra
Titel	Treating Comorbid Anxiety and Aggression in Children
Quelle	In: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 46 (2007) 9, S.1111 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0890-8567
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Parenting Styles; Behavior Modification; Program Effectiveness; Parenting Skills; Children; Therapy; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Antisocial Behavior; Aggression; Counseling Techniques; Cognitive Restructuring; Counseling Effectiveness; Outcomes of Treatment; Stress Variables; Foreign Countries; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Therapie; Angst; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Ausland; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Australien
Abstract	Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention that targeted both anxious and aggressive behaviors in children with anxiety disorders and comorbid aggression by parent report. Method: The effects of a cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention targeting comorbid anxiety and aggression problems were compared with a standard cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention targeting anxiety only. The study was conducted over a period of 2 years, and 69 families were included, with participating children ranging in age from 8 to 14 years. Intervention effects were evaluated at posttreatment and 3 months following treatment. Results: An intent-to-treat analysis identified few significant differences between conditions in level of improvement following treatment and at follow-up, with the exception of parent-reported stress, anxiety, and depression, which improved in the anxiety treatment condition. Both treatment programs led to significant reductions in parent-reported child externalizing and internalizing problems and child-reported internalizing problems and to improved parenting practices. Conclusions: Comorbidity did not appear to significantly affect treatment outcome for anxiety disorders, and combining existing treatments to address comorbid problems did not enhance treatment effectiveness. Further trials are required to assess the effectiveness of an expanded combined treatment program that allows adequate time to address both internalizing and externalizing problems. (Contains 4 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10