Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Child Participants
| Combination therapy (N = 140) |
Cognitive-Behavioral therapy (N = 139) |
All subjects receiving CBT (N = 279) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Child age in years (SD) | 10.8 (2.82) | 10.71 (2.76) | 10.76 (2.79) |
| Child’s gender (% female) | 72 (51.4) | 72 (51.8) | 144 (51.6) |
| Child’s race/ethnic group (%) | |||
| Caucasian | 116 (82.9) | 106 (76.3) | 222 (79.6) |
| Hispanic | 16 (11.4) | 21 (15.1) | 37 (13.3) |
| African American | 11 (7.9) | 14 (10.1) | 25 (9) |
| Asian | 6 (4.3) | 1 (0.7) | 7 (2.5) |
| Pacific Islander | 1 (0.7) | — | 1 (0.4) |
| American Indian | 1 (0.7) | 3 (2.2) | 4 (1.4) |
| Low socioeconomic status (%) | 35 (25) | 33 (23.7) | 68 (24.4) |
| Primary anxiety diagnosis (%) | |||
| Separation anxiety disorder | 3 (2.1) | 4 (2.9) | 7 (2.5) |
| Social phobia | 11 (7.9) | 14 (10.1) | 25 (9.0) |
| Generalized anxiety disorder | 8 (5.7) | 14 (10.1) | 22 (7.9) |
| SAD and SoP | 14 (10.0) | 9 (6.5) | 23 (8.2) |
| SAD and GAD | 12 (8.6) | 13 (9.4) | 25 (9 .0) |
| SoP and GAD | 41 (33.6) | 43 (30.9) | 90 (32.3) |
| SAD, Sop, GAD | 45 (32.1) | 42 (30.2) | 87 (31.2) |
Note. SD = Standard deviation; Low socioeconomic status was defined as a score of 3 or less on the Hollingshead Two-Factor Scale, which ranges from 1–5; SAD = separation anxiety disorder; SoP = social phobia; GAD = generalized anxiety disorder.