Table 1. Predicted presence of oppositional defiant symptoms in anxious children

Respondentsa
(n = 37)

Very much or somewhat more

Similar

Less or very much less

Totals

Compared with typical children

29 (78.4%)

3 (8.1%)

5 (13.5%)

37 (100%)

Compared with other psychiatric diagnoses

12 (32.4%)

18 (48.7%)

7 (18.9%)

37 (100%)

a23 respondents were physicians, 11 were psychologists or allied health professionals, and 3 were administrative staff interacting regularly with children (37/40 questionnaires returned)

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