Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Australian Adolescents: Comparisons with Worldwide Data
- 1 December 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in The Journal of Genetic Psychology
- Vol. 161 (4), 479-492
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00221320009596726
Abstract
Data from two Australian studies were combined so that the prevalence of anxiety and depression in a large, normative sample of Australian adolescents could be investigated. The combined sample comprised 1,299 adolescents randomly selected from metropolitan and country schools in Melbourne, a large Australian city. The data were examined in order to ascertain the percentages of adolescents who scored above the clinical cut-off on two self-report instruments-the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (C. R. Reynolds & B. 0. Richmond, 1985) and the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (W. M. Reynolds, 1986). The results of these analyses were then compared with previously reported prevalence rates from studies worldwide. This comparison revealed striking differences in the prevalence of anxiety and depression across different countries and cultures. Limitations attributable to different self-report measures and imposed-etic approaches are discussed. Issues pertaining to social and political climate are also raised.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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