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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 19(6) pp. 723-735, 1994
© 1994 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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Children Awaiting Invasive Medical Procedures: Do Children and Their Mothers Agree on Child's Level of Anxiety?1

Janice Wachtel, James R. Rodrigue2, Gary R. Geffken, John Graham-Pole and Clara Turner

University of Florida Health Science Center

2All correspondence should be sent to James R. Rodrigue, Center for Pediatric Psychology Research, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, P.O. Box 100165, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0165

Examined correspondence between mother and child reports of child anxiety immediately preceding a scheduled invasive medical procedure. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC) was administered to 101 children ages 10–18 years. Mothers completed the STAIC and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory to assess their perceptions of the child's anxiety and their own level of anxiety, respectively. Children were reported to have significantly more state anxiety as perceived by themselves and their mothers relative to the normative sample. Results also revealed low overall mother—child correspondence on child anxiety, particularly for mothers reporting more anxiety in themselves. Additionally, while age, gender, and socioeconomic status were not associated with mother-child correspondence, an unexpected relationship between race and correspondence emerged. Overall, our findings indicate that reliance on parents' perceptions of child anxiety prior to an invasive medical precedure is not sufficient.

Key words: medical procedures; mother-child agreement; anxiety.


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