TY - JOUR
T1 - Sex variations in youth anxiety symptoms
T2 - Effects of pubertal development and gender role orientation
AU - Carter, Rona
AU - Silverman, Wendy K.
AU - Jaccard, James
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a Mid-career Development Award (K24 MH 073696) from the National Institute of Mental Health to WKS.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - This study evaluated whether pubertal development and gender role orientation (i.e.,masculinity and femininity) can partially explain sex variations in youth anxiety symptomsamong clinic-referred anxious youth (N=175; ages 9-13 years; 74% Hispanic; 48%female). Using youth and parent ratings of youth anxiety symptoms, structural equationmodeling results indicated that youth who reported being more advanced in their pubertaldevelopment reported high levels of femininity and anxiety symptoms. Youthwho reportedhigh levels of masculinity had low levels of anxiety symptoms as reported by both youthsand parents. The estimated effects of pubertal development, femininity, andmasculinity onyouth and parent ratings of youth anxiety symptoms were not significantly moderated bybiological sex. Pubertal development and gender role orientation appear to be important inexplaining levels of youth anxiety symptoms among clinic-referred anxious youth.
AB - This study evaluated whether pubertal development and gender role orientation (i.e.,masculinity and femininity) can partially explain sex variations in youth anxiety symptomsamong clinic-referred anxious youth (N=175; ages 9-13 years; 74% Hispanic; 48%female). Using youth and parent ratings of youth anxiety symptoms, structural equationmodeling results indicated that youth who reported being more advanced in their pubertaldevelopment reported high levels of femininity and anxiety symptoms. Youthwho reportedhigh levels of masculinity had low levels of anxiety symptoms as reported by both youthsand parents. The estimated effects of pubertal development, femininity, andmasculinity onyouth and parent ratings of youth anxiety symptoms were not significantly moderated bybiological sex. Pubertal development and gender role orientation appear to be important inexplaining levels of youth anxiety symptoms among clinic-referred anxious youth.
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U2 - 10.1080/15374416.2011.597082
DO - 10.1080/15374416.2011.597082
M3 - Article
C2 - 21916691
AN - SCOPUS:80052669216
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 40
SP - 730
EP - 741
JO - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
IS - 5
ER -