A systematic review of the factor structure and reliability of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale

Orgilés, Mireia; Fernández-Martínez, Iván; Guillén-Riquelme, Alejandro; Espada, José P.; Essau, Cecilia A.

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2015.09.055

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“…We used the specifi c phobia subscale (physical injury fears) consisting of fi ve items with 4 response alternatives (0 = never, 1 = sometimes, 2 = often, and 3 = always). It has shown an average internal consistency value of .64, according to a review of 32 studies (Orgilés, Fernández-Martínez, Guillén-Riquelme, Espada, & Essau, 2016).…”

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Confirmatory factor analysis and psychometric properties of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale−30 (RCADS-30) in clinical and non-clinical samples

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T he 30-item shortened version of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS-30) is a self-report instrument to assess symptoms of anxiety and depressive disorders. This study examined the factor structure, reliability, and construct validity of the RCADS-30, based on a sample of children and adolescents in clinical and community settings. Results provide evidence for (a) the six factors of the scale (separation anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and major depressive disorder), (b) reliability (alpha and omega), and (c) convergent and discriminant validity against self-report and clinical interview criteria. The RCADS-30 demonstrated sound psychometric properties and that it is a suitable instrument to assess depression and anxiety disorder symptoms. Based on established cut-off scores, the scale also showed adequate capacity to differentiate emotional disorders from other mental disorders or the absence of diagnosis.

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Confirmatory factor analysis and psychometric properties of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale−30 (RCADS-30) in clinical and non-clinical samples

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“…Construct validity: 21 studies out of 25 using confirmatory factor analysis supported the original 6‐factor model with children (Orgiles et al., )…”

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“…Internal consistency: Child report‐ Orgiles et al. () reports meta‐analysis of 32 studies (29,350 children) mean alpha of .92 for total score. Subscale reliability alphas = .70–.80 except physical injury fears (.64).…”

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“…In terms of cultural differences, there is a rapidly expanding evidence‐base relating to assessment of anxiety in youth from countries around the world. For example, as mentioned above, the SCAS has been translated into many languages and Orgiles, Fernandez‐Martinez, Guillen‐Riquelme, Espada, and Essau () included studies from 18 different countries in their meta‐analysis of the psychometric properties of the SCAS. Similar studies have also been conducted with other youth anxiety measures.…”

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Assessing anxiety disorders in children and adolescents

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2017

Child Adoles Ment Health

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Background: Given the relatively high prevalence of anxiety problems among young people and their adverse consequences if left untreated, it is important that clinicians and researchers have access to reliable and valid assessment tools to facilitate early detection, case formulation, treatment design and evaluation of outcomes. Method: This paper presents the findings of a pragmatic review of the literature regarding the assessment of anxiety in young people in multiple contexts, including mental health services, school-based screening and research trials. Results: Commonly used diagnostic interviews, questionnaire measures and alternative assessment methods are described, along with psychometric properties and practical issues. The review indicates the complexities of assessing anxiety problems given the high level of comorbidity between anxiety disorders and with depression. It also highlights the different approaches required for assessment across different age groups, the need for multiple informants and issues relating to the lack of agreement between reporters. There is a strong evidence-base for several diagnostic instruments and anxiety scales, although the accuracy of youth and parent report scales in forming clinical diagnoses is not sufficiently strong to justify their use in isolation for diagnostic purposes. Conclusions: The assessment of youth anxiety should ideally include a multiinformant, multimethod approach, with measures tailored to the age of the child, and the purpose of the evaluation. There is now a sufficiently strong research base to enable clinicians and researchers to ensure that they select evidence-based instruments. Key Practitioner Messages• The assessment of anxiety in children and adolescents needs to take a multiinformant approach, but we need to recognize that there is often weak agreement between parents, teachers and youth.• Assessment needs to examine the different types of anxiety disorder and potential comorbidity between them and other disorders.• A developmental approach is required, to ensure that measures are appropriate for the age of the child. • Multidimensional anxiety scales completed by parent and youth provide a strong supplement to diagnostic interviews in the assessment process, to inform the case formulation and treatment planning, but should not be used in isolation to provide clinical diagnoses.• More detailed measures for specific types of anxiety may be used, in addition to scales suitable to specific subpopulations.

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“…Three of these previous studies conducted confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) but only with community samples (DeSousa et al, 2014;Spence, 1998) or combining both community and clinical samples (Arendt et al, 2014). All of them favored the six-factor model, in line with the results of a systematic review (Orgilés et al, 2016) performed with 29 studies (most of them with community samples).…”

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Psychometric Properties of the Children’s Version of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS) in a Spanish Clinical Sample

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The Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS) has demonstrated good psychometric properties in several countries and cultures. Nevertheless, most of the previous studies that explore these properties have combined clinical and community samples. We aimed to validate the Spanish version of the SCAS in a large clinical sample (N = 130) of children and adolescents. The Spanish adaptation of the SCAS showed good internal consistency for the total scale, and good test-retest reliability for all the subscales. Furthermore, its convergent and discriminant validity were supported by significant correlations with other anxiety questionnaires (Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders [SCARED], Youth Self-Report [YSR] subscales for anxiety disorders and internalizing symptomatology), and lower or non-significant correlations with depression symptoms and externalizing symptoms scales respectively. For the first time in a purely clinical sample, the original factor structure of the SCAS based on six correlated factors was confirmed. Future studies need to evaluate whether the factorial structure of the present instrument is the most suitable for use in clinical populations.

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A systematic review of the factor structure and reliability of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale

Cited by 59 publications

References 28 publications

Confirmatory factor analysis and psychometric properties of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale−30 (RCADS-30) in clinical and non-clinical samples

Confirmatory factor analysis and psychometric properties of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale−30 (RCADS-30) in clinical and non-clinical samples

Assessing anxiety disorders in children and adolescents

Psychometric Properties of the Children’s Version of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS) in a Spanish Clinical Sample

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