The Effects Of Anxiety and Depression on Children's Utilization of Medical Health Care Services

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dc.contributor.authorSeligman, Laura D.en
dc.contributor.committeechairOllendick, Thomas H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberClum, George A. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCooper, Robin K. Pannetonen
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:51:54Zen
dc.date.adate1996-10-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:51:54Zen
dc.date.issued1996-10-07en
dc.date.rdate1996-10-07en
dc.date.sdate1998-07-18en
dc.description.abstractThe current study was designed to examine the relationship between childhood anxiety and depression and children's rate of medical care utilization. Additionally, the model examined considered family and parental factors (family conflict, parental anxiety, parental depression, and parental somatization) as well as children's level of negative affectivity and demographic variables (age and sex). A hierarchical regression analysis was used to examine the effects of each of these variables on rate of physician utilization and to control for the effects of demographic factors, parent/family variables and negative affectivity while examining childhood anxiety and depression. Results revealed that parental anxiety and depression and family conflict contribute significantly to the explanation of children's health care utilization. Additionally, child anxiety also explained number of physician visits but only when considered in the absence of child depression.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-5829155109623090en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-5829155109623090/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36820en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartETD.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectinternalizing disordersen
dc.subjectChildrenen
dc.subjectadolescentsen
dc.subjecthealth care useen
dc.titleThe Effects Of Anxiety and Depression on Children's Utilization of Medical Health Care Servicesen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineClinical Psychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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