Table 1.

Group characteristics for the clinical and control group.

	Clinical group (N = 25)		Control group (N = 26)
	N		N		p
Females	21/4		23/3		n.s.
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p
Age	15.44	1.53	14.65	1.55	n.s.
Full scale IQ	105	8.73	106	7.77	n.s.
Clinical DSM-IV diagnoses	N	%
Depression	7	13.7
Dysthymia	10	19.8
GAD	3	5.9
SAD	2	3.9
Adjustment disorder with dep./anx.	2	3.9
Anxiety disorder NOS	1	2
CDI†	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p
Total score	18.86	9.24	4.56	3.40	p < 0.001
RCADS*	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p
Total of five anxiety scale scores	31.65	14.46	14.85	12.83	p < 0.001

^†CDI questionnaire data was missing for one participant with an adjustment disorder with depression characteristics, resulting in N = 24 for the total sample.

^*RCADS anxiety subscale questionnaire data was missing for three participants (one with an adjustment disorder with depression and anxiety characteristics and two with a depressive disorder) resulting in N = 22 for the total sample.