Anxiety disorders in children with high intellectual potential.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Several studies have reported anxiety disorders in children with high intellectual potential (HIP). However, there are discrepant results possibly as a result of methodological biases (different/absent definitions of HIP, small sample sizes, non-validated/adapted/specific tools for assessing anxiety and a single observational source). AIMS:To examine more thoroughly the relationships between HIP and anxiety in large samples of children using clear definitions of HIP, different observational sources and specific assessments of anxiety. METHOD:Children with HIP (n = 211, total IQ ≥130) were compared with children without HIP (n = 397, total IQ <130) for anxiety using different observational sources (child psychiatric diagnosis, parental evaluation and child's self-evaluation). Int

SUBMITTER: Kermarrec S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7443907 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature