Psychometrics of the screen for adult anxiety related disorders (SCAARED)- A new scale for the assessment of DSM-5 anxiety disorders
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Objective To examine the psychometrics of the Screen for Adult Anxiety Related Disorders (SCAARED). Methods The SCAARED was adapted from the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders. Participants (N=336) ages 18-27 years old were evaluated using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Disorders (SCID). The SCAARED was completed at or within two-weeks before the SCID. The psychometrics of the SCAARED were analyzed using standard statistical analyses including principal components, and Receiver Operant Curve analyses. A replication was performed in an age/sex matched independent sample (N=158). Results The SCAARED showed four factors: somatic/panic/agoraphobia, generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, and social anxiety. The total and each factor scores demonstrated good internal consistency (α=0.86-0.97) and good discriminant validity between anxiety and other disorders and within anxiety disorders for generalized and social anxiety. Area Under the Curve for the total and each of the factor scores ranged between 0.72 and 0.84 (p<0.0001). These results were replicated in the independent sample. Conclusions The SCAARED showed excellent psychometric properties supporting its use to screen adults for anxiety disorders, longitudinal studies following youth into adulthood and studies comparing child and adult populations. Further replication studies in larger community and clinical samples are indicated.
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- Angulo, M., Rooks, B. T., Gill, M., Goldstein, T., Sakolsky, D., Goldstein, B., Monk, K., Hickey, M. B., Diler, R. S., Hafeman, D., Merranko, J., Axelson, D., & Birmaher, B.
- Affiliations
- Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz (MX)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Birmaher, Boris
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- Psychiatry Research
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- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-07
- Volume
- 253
- Pages
- 84-90
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- PMC5472098
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- W2588216541
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- en
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- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH059929, R01MH060952, T32MH018951)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- anxiety disorders, DSM-5, screening tool, psychometric properties, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, separation anxiety, somatic anxiety, internal consistency, discriminant validity
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety Disorders, Female, Humans, Male, Psychological Tests, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results, Area Under Curve, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Young Adult
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