Childhood motor impairment is associated with male anxiety at 11 and 16 years

(2002) American Journal of Psychiatry 159, 1044; Sigurdsson E, van Os J, Fombonne E. . Are impaired childhood motor skills a risk factor for adolescent anxiety? Results from the 1958 U.K Birth Cohort and the National Child Development Study. . June; . : . –6. . [OpenUrl][1][CrossRef][2][PubMed][3][Web of Science][4] QUESTION: Do delayed childhood motor skills predict persistent anxiety in adolescence? Longitudinal cohort study. United Kingdom. 6850 people born during one week in March 1958 participating in an ongoing national birth cohort study. Data were collected when participants were 7, 11 and 16 years old. Motor impairment was measured using parental reports of the child’s not walking at 18 months of age and teacher reports of poor hand control at age 7; ‘clumsiness’ at age 7; poor hand control at 11 years, andpoor coordination at 11 years. Demographic information and emotional problems were controlled for. Maternally rated anxiety at 11 and 16 years. 8% of boys and 3% of girls had motor impairment. Boys with poor motor skills at age 7 had higher levels of … [1]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DAmerican%2BJournal%2Bof%2BPsychiatry%26rft.stitle%253DAm.%2BJ.%2BPsychiatry%26rft.issn%253D0002-953X%26rft.aulast%253DSigurdsson%26rft.auinit1%253DE.%26rft.volume%253D159%26rft.issue%253D6%26rft.spage%253D1044%26rft.epage%253D1046%26rft.atitle%253DAre%2BImpaired%2BChildhood%2BMotor%2BSkills%2Ba%2BRisk%2BFactor%2Bfor%2BAdolescent%2BAnxiety%253F%2BResults%2BFrom%2Bthe%2B1958%2BU.K.%2BBirth%2BCohort%2Band%2Bthe%2BNational%2BChild%2BDevelopment%2BStudy%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Adoi%252F10.1176%252Fappi.ajp.159.6.1044%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F12042195%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [2]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=10.1176/appi.ajp.159.6.1044&link_type=DOI [3]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=12042195&link_type=MED&atom=%2Febmental%2F6%2F1%2F18.atom [4]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=000175951300023&link_type=ISI