Examining the Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorder-71 as an Assessment Tool for Anxiety in Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autor/inn/en	van Steensel, Francisca J. A.; Deutschman, Amber A. C. G.; Bögels, Susan M.
Titel	Examining the Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorder-71 as an Assessment Tool for Anxiety in Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 17 (2013) 6, S.681-692 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361312455875
Schlagwörter	Anxiety Disorders; Emotional Disturbances; Evaluation Methods; Children; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Autism; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Comparative Analysis; Semi Structured Interviews; Parent Attitudes; Attitude Measures; Fear; Behavior Disorders; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Separation Anxiety; Foreign Countries; Mothers; Fathers; Correlation; Validity; Effect Size; Longitudinal Studies; Netherlands; Childrens Manifest Anxiety Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gefühlsstörung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Autismus; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Fragebogen; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Elternverhalten; Furcht; Trennungsangst; Ausland; Mother; Mutter; Korrelation; Gültigkeit; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Niederlande
Abstract	The psychometric properties of a questionnaire developed to assess symptoms of anxiety disorders (SCARED-71) were compared between two groups of children: children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder and comorbid anxiety disorders (ASD-group; "n" = 115), and children with anxiety disorders (AD-group; "n" = 122). Anxiety disorders were established with a semi-structured interview (ADIS-C/P), using child- as well as parent-report. Internal consistency, construct validity, sensitivity, specificity, and discriminant validity of the SCARED-71 was investigated. Results revealed that the psychometric properties of the SCARED-71 for the ASD-group were quite comparable to the AD-group, however, the discriminant validity of the SCARED-71 child-report was less in the ASD-group. Raising the parental cutoffs of the SCARED-71 resulted in higher specificity rates, which suggests that research should focus more on establishing alternative cutoffs for the ASD-population. (As Provided).
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