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Psychometric Properties of the Bulgarian Translation of the Spence Childrens Anxiety Scale

Author(s) -

Ivelina Tsocheva Satoko Sasagawa

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of psychological abnormalities in children

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2329-9525

DOI - 10.4172/2329-9525.1000101

Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , anxiety , psychology , clinical psychology , bulgarian , internal consistency , confirmatory factor analysis , psychometrics , scale (ratio) , psychiatry , structural equation modeling , statistics , cartography , linguistics , philosophy , geography , mathematics

The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Bulgarian translation of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS) in a community sample of adolescents (N=700), aged 13 to 17 years, in Bulgaria. In addition to the SCAS, all participants completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), and the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC). The internal consistency (Cronbach Alpha=0.92) and the validity of the Bulgarian translation of the SCAS was excellent. The SCAS total scores correlated significantly with the CES-DC and the SDQ total scores. 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 among adolescents in Bulgaria.

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