The main purpose of the current research proposal is to validate a specific screening instrument for detecting anxiety problems - the Behavioral Inhibition Questionnaire (BIQ) - in Dutch autochthon and allochtonous children at a very young age. The…
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Condition
- Anxiety disorders and symptoms
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Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Anxiety is the primary research variable in this study, and will be assessed in
various ways:
(1) The short version of the Behavioral Inhibition Questionnaire (BIQ; Bishop
et al., 2001) consists of 14 items that measure the characteristics of
behavioral inhibition, which is an early marker of anxiety problems in young
children.
(2) The Preschool Anxiety Scale-Revised (PAS-R) is a recently developed 30-item
questionnaire (Spence et al., 2001) that can be used to measure symptoms of
DSM-IV-TR defined anxiety disorders in 3- to 6-year-old children.
(3) The Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV - Child version
(ADIS-C; Silverman & Albano, 1996; Dutch version by Siebelink & Treffers, 2001)
is a semi-structured interview that is administered to parents and that
assesses whether children fulfill the diagnostic criteria of DSM-IV-TR anxiety
disorders.
(4) The Koala Fear Questionnaire (KFQ; Muris et al., 2003) is a standardized
interview instrument that has been specifically developed to measure fear and
anxiety in children younger than 7 years.
Secondary outcome
Other instruments:
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 2001) is a reliable
and valid questionnaire for measuring psychosocial difficulties as well as
strengths. The SDQ consists of 25 items that are allocated to 5 scales:
emotional problems, behavioral problems, peer problems, attentional problems
and hyperactivity, and prosocial behavior.
Background summary
Anxiety disorders belong to the most prevalent types of psychopathological
problems among youths: about 5% of all children has fulfilled the diagnostic
criteria for at least one anxiety disorder before the age of 16 (Costello et
al., 2003; Verhulst et al., 1997). However, because fear and anxiety are
frequently not clearly visible to parents and other educators and because these
internalizing symptoms are rarely problematic to the environment, these
problems are not easily detected in youths. Nevertheless, even in very young
children clear markers of anxiety problems can be discerned. For example,
research has demonstrated that behavioural inhibition - the tendency to react
unusually shy in and to withdaw from novel and unknown stimuli and situations -
at the preschool age is an important predictor of significant anxiety problems
in later childhood (Fox et al., 2005). However, in the Netherlands, there are
no sensitive screeninginstruments available for detecting anxiety problems in
young children.
Study objective
The main purpose of the current research proposal is to validate a specific
screening instrument for detecting anxiety problems - the Behavioral Inhibition
Questionnaire (BIQ) - in Dutch autochthon and allochtonous children at a very
young age. The following psychometric properties will be investigated: internal
consistency, test-retest reliability, inter-rater-reliability, and the
convergent, divergent, predictive en discriminant validity. An additional
purpose will be to collect normative data of the BIQ.
Study design
The parents of young autochthon and allochtonous children in Rotterdam will
complete a new screening questionnaire for detecting anxiety problems. Part of
the children/parents will be followed for several years. During the follow-up
assessments it will be studied how the anxiety problems of the children
develop. Further, various aspects of the reliability and validity of the
screening questionnaire will be examined.
Study burden and risks
The burden to the children is very small: only in Study C, children will
participate in a standardized observation procedure and are tested with a brief
questionnaire-interview (total duration of time: 20-30 minutes). The other
assessments will be carried out with children's parents. There are no risks
associated with the participation in this study.
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 - Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
NL
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 - Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
NL
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Age
Inclusion criteria
All almost 4-year-old children (and their parents) who are invited by the GGD to get the DTP+aK vaccination.
Children in the clinical group (see Researchproposal Study D) who are 4 to 6 years of age (and their parents) and who are referred to Bureau Jeugdzorg or the RIAGG.
Exclusion criteria
As parents have to complete questionnaires for measuring anxiety symptoms in their children, it is necessary that they can read, speak, and write in Dutch, English, Turkish or Arabic at an eight-grade literacy level.
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| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| CCMO | NL21400.078.08 |