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Psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in Cypriot children and adolescents

Essau, C.A.; Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, X.; Muñoz, L.C.

Authors

C.A. Essau

X. Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous

L.C. Muñoz



Contributors

LC Centifanti fmnv66@durham.ac.uk
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Abstract

The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) is a 41-item self-report questionnaire that measures symptoms of DSM-IV anxiety disorders (panic/somatic, generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, social phobia) and school phobia in children and adolescents. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Greek translation of SCARED in a large community sample of children and adolescents (N = 1,072), aged 12 to 17 years, in the nonoccupied territory of Cyprus. A subsample of these participants (N = 108) was retested an average of 8 weeks after the initial assessment. The SCARED demonstrated high internal consistency (α = .92) and test-retest reliability (r = .84, over 8 weeks). The SCARED total scores correlated significantly with the internalizing factor of the Youth Self-Report, the Columbia Impairment Scale, and with the emotional subscale of the Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed the same five-factor structure as the original SCARED. The SCARED proved to be a reliable and valid measure of anxiety symptoms in the Cypriot context.

Citation

Essau, C., Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, X., & Muñoz, L. (2013). Psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in Cypriot children and adolescents. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 29(1), 19-27. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000116

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2013
Deposit Date Jan 5, 2012
Journal European Journal of Psychological Assessment
Print ISSN 1015-5759
Electronic ISSN 2151-2426
Publisher Hogrefe
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 29
Issue 1
Pages 19-27
DOI https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000116
Keywords Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders, Anxiety disorder, psychometrics, Children and adolescents.

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