Table 1.

Frequencies of Parent-Reported Symptoms Expressed as a Percentage of the Overall Sample (N= 1,147)

	Age 5	Age 6	Age 8	Age 9	Age 10	Age 11	Age 14
Depression items
Cries a lot	21	17	15	12	11	8	4
Harms self/attempts suicide	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
Doesn’t eat well	34	27	22	20	20	18	21
Feels worthless	7	10	15	13	13	16	14
Feels too guilty	3	4	6	6	6	6	5
Overtired	15	13	12	12	12	14	20
Sleeps less than most children	13	12	12	12	12	13	11
Sleep more than most children	5	4	4	4	5	5	11
Talks about suicide	2	3	3	2	3	3	2
Trouble sleeping	11	10	12	11	11	10	13
Lacks energy/is underactive	3	5	7	8	11	10	15
Unhappy, sad, or depressed	7	9	13	12	14	13	17
Anxiety items
Clingy/too dependent	40	28	22	18	20	17	10
Specific fears	39	31	25	22	20	18	11
Fears school	7	5	5	4	4	5	3
Nervous, highstrung, or tense	12	13	18	19	19	19	18
Too fearful or anxious	10	12	12	10	12	11	9
Worries	23	27	34	32	36	33	28