Psychometric Properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders in a Rural High School Population

Abstract

The SCARED was found to be a reliable tool in the rural adolescent population. Differences in some factors suggest further research is needed.

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

“…This score was higher as compared to the mean scores of the 41-item version of the SCARED in community samples described by North American youth studies (19.36, 21.24, 18.12, and 21.50, respectively;Boyd et al, 2003;Haley et al, 2011;Wren et al, 2004;Wren et al, 2007), German youth studies (18.85;Essau et al, 2002), Belgium youth studies (16.10; Muris, Merckelbach, et al, 2002), as well as Chinese youth studies (14.99;Su et al, 2008). However, the scores of the SCARED for Brazilian children and adolescents were comparable to the results found in studies with Spanish youth (24.31;Vigil-Colet et al, 2009), Italian Youth studies (22.60;Ogliari et al, 2006) and lower than studies with South African youth (31.89 and 33.00, respectively; Muris, Schmidt, et al, 2002;Muris et al, 2006).…”

“…Meanwhile, data had demonstrated that the SCARED presented good internal consistency as well as good test-retest reliability (Birmaher et al, 1997(Birmaher et al, , 1999Boyd et al, 2003;Essau et al, 2002;Haley et al, 2011;Muris, Merckelbach, van Brakel, et al, 1999;Su et al, 2008), parent-child correlation (Birmaher et al, 1997;Muris, Merckelbach, van Brakel, et al, 1999;Su et al, 2008;Wren et al, 2004), convergent validity (Boyd et al, 2003;Essau et al, 2002;Muris et al, 1998;Muris, Merckelbach, et al, 2002;Monga et al, 1998;Su et al, 2008) and discriminant validity (Birmaher et al, 1997(Birmaher et al, , 1999Monga et al, 1998;Su et al, 2008). In general, these studies have suggested that the SCARED is a reliable and valid screening instrument to rate anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents.…”

“…The psychometric properties of versions of the SCARED have been consistently evaluated in clinical and community samples and in several countries such as the USA (Birmaher et al, 1997(Birmaher et al, , 1999Boyd, Ginsburg, Lambert, Cooley, & Campbell, 2003;Haley, Puskar, & Terhorst, 2011;Monga et al, 1998;Wren, Bridge, & Birmaher, 2004;Wren et al, 2007), Belgium (Muris, Merckelbach, Ollendick, King, & Bogie, 2002), Germany (Essau, Muris, & Ederer, 2002), Spain (Vigil-Colet et al, 2009), Italy (Crocetti, Hale, Fermani, Raaijmakers, & Meeus, 2009;Ogliari et al, 2006), the Netherlands (Hale, Raaijmakers, Muris, & Meeus, 2005;Muris et al, 1998;Muris, Merckelbach, van Brakel, & Mayer, 1999;Muris, Dreessen, Bogels, Weckx, & van Melick, 2004), South Africa (Muris, Schmidt, Engelbrecht, & Perold, 2002;Muris et al, 2006) and China (Su, Wang, Fan, Su, & Gao, 2008). Meanwhile, data had demonstrated that the SCARED presented good internal consistency as well as good test-retest reliability (Birmaher et al, 1997(Birmaher et al, , 1999Boyd et al, 2003;Essau et al, 2002;Haley et al, 2011;Muris, Merckelbach, van Brakel, et al, 1999;Su et al, 2008), parent-child correlation (Birmaher et al, 1997;Muris, Merckelbach, van Brakel, et al, 1999;Su et al, 2008;Wren et al, 2004), convergent validity (Boyd et al, 2003;Essau et al, 2002;Muris et al, 1998;…”

Anxiety in Malaysian children and adolescents: validation of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED)

“…Although the psychometric characteristics of the SCARED have been well established, 5,19,20,[24][25][26] This scale is used extensively in research and has good evidence of both reliability and validity. 29 Its reliability coefficient is high (α = 0.81).…”

Negative Affectivity is Common to Pediatric Behavioral Health Problems

“…Psychometric studies support good internal consistency, testretest reliability, and discriminant validity [16][17][18][19][20].…”