We are interested in the developmental psychopathology of anxiety among children and adolescents (i.e., ages 10 to 17 years). To date, we have been most interested in panic disorder, but we are in the process of expanding our research to include other types of anxiety pathology such as post-traumatic stress disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Overall, we examine how individual difference factors (e.g., substance use, emotion regulatory strategies) change across the period of adolescence and interact with contextual factors (e.g., life stressors) to promote the development of anxiety problems. ArK.I.D.S. is an experimental psychopathology laboratory designed to study “real-time” anxious responding produced by analogue procedures such as voluntary hyperventilation. In addition, we typically gather self-report, multi-informant, and interview data.

At present, we are conducting a large cross-sectional study of 250 children and adolescents. Participants undergo a structured clinical interview, complete a biological challenge procedure, and fill out a battery of questionnaires. We expect these data will address research questions relevant to predictors of panic-type responsivity among adolescents.

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