TY - JOUR
T1 - Differentiating Anxious and Depressive Self-Statements in Youth
T2 - Factor Structure of the Negative Affect Self-Statement Questionnaire among Youth Referred to an Anxiety Disorders Clinic
AU - Lerner, Julie
AU - Safren, Steven A.
AU - Henin, Aude
AU - Warman, Melissa
AU - Heimberg, Richard G.
AU - Kendall, Philip C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by Grant 44119 to Richard G. Heimberg and Grant 44042 to Philip C. Kendall from the National Institute of Mental Health. Portions of this article were presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami, Novem- ber, 1997. Requests forreprints should be sent toeither Richard G. Heimberg or Philip C. Kendall. Department of Psychology, Temple University, Weiss Hall, 1701 Noh13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 191224385. E-mail: rheimber@nimbus.ocis.tempIe.edu
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Conducted a factor analysis on the items from the Negative Affect Self-Statement Questionnaire (NASSQ; Ronan, Kendall, & Rowe, 1994). This analysis yielded 4 factors (Depressive Self-Statements, Anxiety/Somatic Self-Statements, Negative Affect Self-Statements, and Positive Affect Self-Statements) broadly consistent with both the content-specificity hypothesis (Beck & Clark, 1988) and L. A. Clark and Watson's (1991b) tripartite model of anxiety and depression. The association between children's self-talk and measures of trait anxiety and depression was also examined. Self-statements with content theoretically specific to depression were the best predictors of self-reported depressive symptoms, but the results were less clear for trait anxiety. Overall, these results provide evidence for the discriminability ofanxious and depressive self-talk in youth and for the utility of the NASSQ as a cognitive assessment instrument.
AB - Conducted a factor analysis on the items from the Negative Affect Self-Statement Questionnaire (NASSQ; Ronan, Kendall, & Rowe, 1994). This analysis yielded 4 factors (Depressive Self-Statements, Anxiety/Somatic Self-Statements, Negative Affect Self-Statements, and Positive Affect Self-Statements) broadly consistent with both the content-specificity hypothesis (Beck & Clark, 1988) and L. A. Clark and Watson's (1991b) tripartite model of anxiety and depression. The association between children's self-talk and measures of trait anxiety and depression was also examined. Self-statements with content theoretically specific to depression were the best predictors of self-reported depressive symptoms, but the results were less clear for trait anxiety. Overall, these results provide evidence for the discriminability ofanxious and depressive self-talk in youth and for the utility of the NASSQ as a cognitive assessment instrument.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15374424jccp2801_7
DO - 10.1207/s15374424jccp2801_7
M3 - Article
C2 - 10070609
AN - SCOPUS:0033093522
VL - 28
SP - 82
EP - 93
JO - Journal of clinical child psychology
JF - Journal of clinical child psychology
SN - 1537-4416
IS - 1
ER -