Separation Anxiety in Children as the Most Common Disorder Co-Occurring with School Refusal
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https://doi.org/10.12775/v10251-012-0048-0Keywords
anxiety disorders, separation anxiety, school phobia, childrenAbstract
Anxiety disorders form a part of the most common health disorders existing at the evolutional age. School refusal could be defined as a difficulty in attending school associated with emotional distress, especially anxiety and depression. Separation anxiety can be a meaningful factor of school attendance reluctance.
Children suffering from separation anxiety usually experience unrealistic fear of being separated from their meaningful persons. The squeals of childhood anxiety disorders include social, family, and academic impairments. Anxiety separation disorders disrupt the normal psychosocial development of a child.
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