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Article: What? Me worry? (children's worries)(adapted from Child Development, June 1996)
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- Pediatrics for Parents
- Article date:
- August 1, 1995
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According to a recent study, children between the ages of 7 and 12 worry most about personal harm, health and school. The results of the study found significant differences between the worries of boys and girls. African-American children worried significantly more than white or Hispanic youth.
Researchers were careful to distinguish between worry, fear, and anxiety. Worry was defined as the rehearsal of possible ways to avert a fearful event. Recent research in the area of phobias show that repeated exposure to the anxiety-producing event, for instance flying, can result in the ability of an individual to overcome their fear.
Unfortunately, worry has been ...