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. 2002 Mar;33(1):1-18.
doi: 10.1016/s0005-7916(02)00005-8.

Reliability and validity of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders in German children

Cecilia A Essau  1 , Peter Muris, Elfriede M Ederer
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Reliability and validity of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders in German children

Cecilia A Essau et al. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 2002 Mar.

Abstract

The reliability and validity of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) were evaluated in a sample of 556 German primary school children. Both the SCAS (alpha = 0.92) and the SCARED (alpha = 0.91) were demonstrated to have high internal consistency. The validity of the SCAS and the SCARED was supported by a number of findings. First, in agreement with previous studies, girls displayed significantly higher levels of anxiety symptoms than boys. Furthermore, SCAS and SCARED scores were substantially interrelated. Finally, significant correlations were found between these two measures of anxiety symptoms and the Youth Self-Report and the Columbia Impairment Scale. The utility of the SCAS and the SCARED as screening instruments for anxiety symptoms in children is briefly discussed.

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