Psychometric Properties of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) in Cypriot Children and Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Essau, Cecilia A.; Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, Xenia; Munoz, Luna C.
Titel	Psychometric Properties of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) in Cypriot Children and Adolescents
Quelle	In: Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 42 (2011) 5, S.557-568 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-398X
DOI	10.1007/s10578-011-0232-7
Schlagwörter	Anxiety Disorders; Factor Structure; Adolescents; Measures (Individuals); Foreign Countries; Psychometrics; Test Validity; Questionnaires; Greek; Preadolescents; Test Reliability; Scores; Correlation; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Child Psychology; Cyprus; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenstruktur; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Messdaten; Ausland; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Testvalidität; Fragebogen; Grieche; Griechisch; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Testreliabilität; Korrelation; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Kinderpsychologie; Zypern
Abstract	The Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) is a 38-item self-report questionnaire which measures symptoms of DSM-IV anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Greek translation of SCAS in a large community sample of children and adolescents (N = 1,072), aged 12-17 years, in the non-occupied territory of Cyprus. A subsample of these participants was retested 8 weeks after the initial assessment. The SCAS demonstrated high internal consistency (alpha = 0.92) and test-retest reliability (r = 0.88). The SCAS total scores correlated significantly with the anxious/depressed subscale of the Youth Self-Report, the Columbia Impairment Scale, and with the emotional subscale of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed the same six-factor structure as the original SCAS. The SCAS proved to be a reliable and valid measure of anxiety symptoms in the Cypriot context. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10