Psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC) among Icelandic schoolchildren

Ólason, Daníel Þór; Sighvatsson, Magnús Blöndahl; Smári, Jakob

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9450.2004.00424.x

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“…That is, it is relatively uncommon to find children with singular diagnoses or symptoms presenting at a community psychology clinic/center; rather, comorbidity appears to be the rule, not the exception [Kendall and Ollendick, 2004]. Furthermore, the two additional studies were conducted with nonclinical samples of children in Iceland [Olason et al, 2004] and Australia [Baldwin and Dadds, 2007], with the former utilizing a translated version of the MASC. Thus, additional research is required to provide confirmation of the MASC factor structure in a clinically heterogeneous sample of children and adolescents.…”

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“…Two of these studies examined the factor structure of the MASC in nonclinical samples of children. The first was conducted with the Icelandic translation of the MASC in a group of 10-15-year-old youth (n 5 625) in the Reykjavik, Iceland region [Olason et al, 2004]. In this study, the original four-factor model of the MASC was compared to one-factor and three-factor models (where the separation anxiety and physical symptoms factors were merged).…”

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Reexamination of the MASC factor structure and discriminant ability in a mixed clinical outpatient sample

2008

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Anxiety problems in youth are common, suggesting the need for developmentally appropriate and psychometrically sound measures in this area. The Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC) was created with this goal in mind, but has yet to be examined with samples representative of youth typically seen in clinical settings. Two hundred and sixty-two outpatient youth with mixed clinical presentations completed the MASC, a measure that includes a total anxiety score, as well as subscale scores for social anxiety, harm avoidance, separation anxiety/panic, and physical symptoms of anxiety. Internal consistency, means, and factor structure were comparable to that reported previously. Model invariance was supported across gender, diagnosis, and age. The MASC total score significantly differentiated children who received anxiety disorder diagnoses from those who did not. The social anxiety subscale significantly predicted social phobia and the harm avoidance subscale significantly predicted generalized anxiety disorder. Further support was found for the MASC. However, caution should be exercised given mixed discriminant ability findings. That is, the MASC seems best suited as a screening instrument for anxiety and when used in conjunction with a multiple method/informant assessment approach.

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Reexamination of the MASC factor structure and discriminant ability in a mixed clinical outpatient sample

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“…37 Psychometric properties of these self-report scales have been found acceptable in the US child population 36,37 and in the Icelandic version among Icelandic children. 38,39 A t-score (mean ¼ 50, s.d. ¼ 10) of X65 was used as a clinical cutoff for these measures.…”

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Teasing and social rejection among obese children enrolling in family-based behavioural treatment: effects on psychological adjustment and academic competencies

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Objectives: The first objective was to determine the prevalence of psychological maladjustment (emotional and behavioural problems), low academic competencies and teasing/social rejection among obese Icelandic children enrolling in a family-based behavioural treatment. A second objective was to explore the degree to which teasing/social rejection specifically contributes to children's psychological adjustment and academic competencies when controlling for other variables, including demographics, children's physical activity, parental depression and life-stress. Methods: Participants were 84 obese children (mean body mass index-standard deviation score ¼ 3.11, age range ¼ 7.52-13.61 years). Height and weight, demographics and measures of children's psychological adjustment, academic competencies, teasing/social rejection and physical activity were collected from children, parents and teachers. Parental depression and life-stress was self-reported. Results: Over half the children exceeded cutoffs indicating concern on at least one measure of behavioural or emotional difficulties. Children endorsed significant levels of teasing/social rejection, with almost half acknowledging they were not popular with same-gender peers. Parent reports of peer problems were even higher, with over 90% of both boys and girls being rated by their parents as having significant peer difficulties. However, rates of low academic competencies as reported by teachers were not different from those of the general population. In regression analyses controlling for other variables, self-reported teasing/social rejection emerged as a significant contributor to explaining both child psychological adjustment and academic competencies. Conclusions:The results indicate that among obese children enrolled in family-based treatment, self-reported teasing/social rejection is quite high and it is associated with poorer psychological adjustment as well as lower academic competencies. Parent reports corroborate the presence of substantial peer difficulties, supporting the need to address peer relations with overweight children both in clinical practice and in public health interventions.

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“…Children were included in the study if they exhibited elevated symptoms of anxiety and/or depression within 0.5 to 2.0 standard deviations above the mean on the self-report measures for anxiety and depression or the parent report on the CBCL (internalizing subscale). For the MASC, the cut off for participation for girls was a raw score of 54, based on a mean of 45.7 (SD 16) and for boys a raw score of 47 based on a mean of 38.9 (SD 16) (Olason, Sighvatsson, & Smami, 2004). For the CDI, the cut off was 12, based on a mean of 9 and SD of 7 (Kamphaus & Frick, 2005).…”

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Prevention of Anxiety and Depression in Children: Acceptability and Feasibility of the Transdiagnostic EMOTION Program

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Psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC) among Icelandic schoolchildren

Cited by 59 publications

References 34 publications

Reexamination of the MASC factor structure and discriminant ability in a mixed clinical outpatient sample

Reexamination of the MASC factor structure and discriminant ability in a mixed clinical outpatient sample

Teasing and social rejection among obese children enrolling in family-based behavioural treatment: effects on psychological adjustment and academic competencies

Prevention of Anxiety and Depression in Children: Acceptability and Feasibility of the Transdiagnostic EMOTION Program

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