ANXIETY AND LIFE-EVENTS IN ADOLESCENTS

In this work the relationship between life-events and anxiety is exami ned in a sample of adolescents. Data life-events were obtained from th e AVIA (Inventario de Acontecimientos Vitales en Infancia y Adolescenc ia) (P. Morato, adapted), and anxiety from the STAIC (State-Trait Anxi ety Inventory of Children) (Spielberg, 1973). The sample was composed by 695 adolescents of 14 to 15 years old. The results show that higher levels of anxiety are related with the experience of more negative li fe-events.