| NCJ Number: |
179361  |
| |
|
| Title: |
Psychometric Properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): A Replication Study |
| |
|
| Journal: |
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Volume:38 Issue:10 Dated:October 1999 Pages:1230-1236 |
| |
|
| Author(s): |
Boris Birmaher M.D.; David A. Brent M.D.; Laurel Chiappetta B.S.; Jeffrey Bridge B.S.; Suneeta Monga M.D.; Marianne Baugher M.A. |
| |
|
| Date Published: |
October 1999 |
| |
|
| Annotation: |
This study's objective was to replicate and extend work on the
psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related
Emotional Disorders (SCARED), a child and parent self-report
instrument used to screen for children with anxiety disorders. |
| |
|
| Abstract: |
The 41-item version of the SCARED was administered to a new
sample of 190 outpatient children and adolescents as well as to
166 parents. The internal consistency and the discriminant and
convergent validity were assessed. In addition, discrimination
function analysis was used to develop a briefer version of the
SCARED. Using item analyses and factor analyses on the 41-item
version, five factors were obtained: panic/somatic, generalized
anxiety, separation anxiety, social phobia, and school phobia. In
general, the total score and each of the five factors for both
the child and the parent SCARED showed good internal consistency and
discriminant validity (both between anxiety and depressive and
disruptive disorders and within anxiety disorders). A reduced
version of the SCARED yielded five items and showed similar
psychometrics to the full SCARED. In a new sample, the authors
replicated their initial psychometric findings that the SCARED is
a reliable and valid instrument for screening childhood anxiety
disorders in clinical settings. Furthermore, pending future
research, the five-item SCARED apparently is a promising brief
screening inventory for anxiety disorders in epidemiological
studies. 3 tables and 33 references
|
| |
|
| Main Term(s): |
Testing and measurement |
| |
|
| Index Term(s): |
Emotional disorders; Emotionally disturbed delinquents; Juvenile psychological evaluation |
| |
|
| Page Count: |
7 |
| |
|
| Format: |
Article |
| |
|
| Type: |
Report (Study/Research) |
| |
|
| Language: |
English |
| |
|
| Country: |
United States of America |
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=179361 |
| |
|
