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The Revised version of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED‐R): First evidence for its reliability and validity in a clinical sample
Author(s) -
Muris Peter,
Steerneman Pim
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1348/014466501163463
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychology , clinical psychology , internal consistency , anxiety disorder , psychiatry , psychometrics
Objectives. The Revised version of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED‐R) is a 66‐item self‐report questionnaire that intends to measure the entire spectrum of DSM‐defined anxiety disorder symptoms in children. The current study was a first attempt to examine the reliability and validity of the SCARED‐R in a clinical setting. Methods. Forty‐eight children (25 children with anxiety disorders and 23 children with disruptive disorders) aged between 8 and 17 years completed the SCARED‐R and the Revised Fear Survey Schedule for Children at their first visit to an outpatient treatment centre. Results. Results showed that in this sample of clinically referred children, the SCARED‐R was reliable in terms of internal consistency, correlated significantly with an alternative measure of childhood anxiety (the Fear Survey Schedule for Children‐Revised), and discriminated well between children with anxiety disorders and children with disruptive disorders. Conclusions. It can be concluded that the SCARED‐R is a valuable addition to the arsenal of self‐report instruments that are used for the assessment of childhood anxiety.