Associations of symptoms of anxiety disorders and self-reported behavior problems in normal children

61 children, aged between 14 and 18 years, completed the Screen for Child A nxiety Related Emotional Disorders, a scale of anxiety disorders symptoms, and the Youth Self-report, a measure of internalizing, i.e., emotional, and externalizing, i.e., behavioral, problems. Analysis showed that, with the exception of the Social Phobia and the Specific Phobia subscales, Screen to tal and subscale scores were significantly related to Internalizing problem s (rs between .40 and .77). Thus, the more frequently children reported Anx iety Disorder symptoms, the more often they reported emotional problems. Fu rthermore, in particular, anxious-depressed problems as measured by the You th Self-report were significantly associated with scores on Screen scales. These results further support the concurrent validity of the Screen.