Generalized Anxiety Disorder Worksheet for Children and Adolescents

Name _______________

Date ________________

Complete the following table for your past experiences, or you may use it in the future.

Write about the event/situation you’re feeling anxious about or that you had in the past.	What were your thoughts in that situation, and what you felt at that moment	How you behaved in that situation (a behavioral component)	How it turned out, and what kind of thinking do you have for similar experiences?

In the light of this exercise, track your thought processing, what you predicted, how it affected your behavior, and by replacing it with some positive thoughts, how you can change your processing for the future.

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Reference

Perrin, S., Bevan, D., Payne, S., & Bolton, D. (2019). GAD-specific cognitive behavioral treatment for children and adolescents: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 43, 1051-1064.

Mohammadi, M. R., Pourdehghan, P., Mostafavi, S. A., Hooshyari, Z., Ahmadi, N., & Khaleghi, A. (2020). Generalized anxiety disorder: Prevalence, predictors, and comorbidity in children and adolescents. Journal of anxiety disorders, 73, 102234.

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