1. Abstract A five year longitudinal study designed to examine the factors that contribute to the differences in adjustment among adolescents with alcoholic parents Data for The Adolescent Adjustment Project were collected in four Waves beginning in the spring of 2006 and ending in the spring of 2009-This study utilized data from Waves 2 and 3 which were collected in the spring of 2007 and 2008 Adolescents were recruited by contacting public high schools in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland and inviting them to participate 357 adolescent girls and boys 73 % Caucasian, 17 % African American, 10 % Hispanic 58 % girls. Age range = 15-17 years old Time 1; Mean age = 16 (SD =.67) and 16-18 years old Time 2; Mean age = 17 (SD =.68) All participants in the sample were in the 10 th or 11 th grade in a public high school in Delaware, Pennsylvania, or Maryland at Time 1 Sample Predicting Anxiety Over Time With Adolescents of Different Racial Backgrounds Juliet R. Bradley Kaplan University and Christine McCauley Ohannessian University of Delaware Conclusions *Supported by NIAAA K01AA015059 Results The Adolescent Adjustment Project Numerous studies have found that during adolescence, anxiety at one point in time is a strong predictor of later anxiety. However, studies have not examined whether anxiety varies over time by race. Therefore, the objective of this study was to expand current research on adolescent anxiety by exploring whether anxiety at one time point predicts later anxiety for adolescents of different races. More specifically, the research question was: To what extent does anxiety change over time for Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic adolescents? The sample was comprised of 357 adolescents who were ages 15- 17 at Time 1 and ages 16-18 at Time 2 (58 % girls, 73 % Caucasian, 17 % African American, and 10 % Hispanic). The adolescents were followed over a one year period of time as part of a longitudinal research project. Anxiety at one time point was found to predict anxiety one year later for Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic adolescents. Anxiety The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED) was utilized to assess anxiety. The SCARED is a 41-item measure that is used to measure overall anxiety, as well as specific types of anxiety including social phobia, separation anxiety disorder, school phobia, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder (Birmaher, Khetarpal, Cully, Brent, & McKenzie, 1995). In various research studies, The SCARED has been shown to have good internal consistency and discriminant validity (Linyan, Kai, Fang, Yi, & Xueping, 2008; Muris, Merckelback, Ollendick, King, & Bogie, 2002). Depression The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) was utilized to assess depression. The CES-DC is a 20-item measure that includes items related to depression symptoms an individual may have experienced over the course of the past week (Weissman, Orvaschel, & Padian, 1980). The CES-DC has been shown to have good reliability and concurrent validity in a variety of research studies (Faulstich, Carey, Ruggiero, Enyart, & Gresham, 1986; Ohannessian, 2009). Parental Alcoholism Maternal and paternal alcoholism were assessed through the Short Michigan Screening Test (SMAST). The SMAST is a 9-item version of the MAST (Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test). The SMAST includes items that evaluate the problem drinking of an adolescent’s mother and father (Crews & Sher, 1992). Adolescents completed the SMAST for their mother (M-SMAST) and father (F-SMAST) separately. Both the M-SMAST and F-SMAST have been shown to have good reliability and validity (Crews & Sher, 1992; Ohannessian, 2010). Measures Results The purpose of this study was to examine stability of anxiety over time for Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic adolescents. Overall, anxiety at one time point was found to predict anxiety one year later for Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic adolescents. The findings contribute to existing research by examining the impact of race on anxiety over time. These results have implications for families, practitioners, and researchers, as knowing that anxiety remains stable over time for adolescents of different races may help guide interventions. Future research should examine the reasons why anxiety remains stable over time for adolescents of different races, including the factors that impact this stability. The background variables of depression and paternal alcoholism resulted in a statistically significant increase in the explained variance for Caucasians F (3, 257) = 24.89, p <.001, African Americans F (3, 85) = 11.93, p <.001, and Hispanics F (3, 30) = 7.18, p <.01. Of greater interest were results from the second block of the hierarchical MRA. At this step, the variable anxiety at Time 1 was entered. Anxiety at Time 1 explained a statistically significant increase in anxiety at Time 2 for Caucasians ∆R² =.349, F (1, 256) = 209.88, p <.001, African Americans ∆R² =.054, F (1, 57) = 5.48, p <.05, and Hispanics ∆R² =.152, F (1, 29) = 10.25, p <.01. Results