The anxious traits of the first-degree relatives and its influence on anxiety emotion of children with Tic disorders

Abstract

Objective To explore the effects of first-degree relatives' anxious traits on the anxious emotion in children with Tic disorders (TD). Methods A total of 31 children with TD and 32 normal children were assessed by The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), and their first-degree relatives were assessed by State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The differences of first-degree relatives' personality traits between two groups were compared, and the effects of these personality traits on children's anxious emotion were further analyzed. Results Compared with the control group(36.66±8.24), the first-degree relatives of children with TD had higher scores in trait anxiety (40.10±8.24, P 0.05). The school phobia in children with TD was positively correlated with the education levels of their mothers(r=0.407, P<0.05). Conclusion The first-degree relatives of children with TD are more anxious emotion than normal children.Children with TD are more likely to have school phobia if their mothers have better education. Key words: Tic disorders; First-degree relatives; Personality; Anxiety; Children; Correlational study