Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the revised child anxiety and depression scale – child version in a clinical sample
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Objective: The shortage of cross-culturally validated instruments limits the study and treatment of psychopathology in countries other than English-speaking ones. The Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale – Child Version (RCADS-CV) is a self-report questionnaire that assesses dimensions of DSM anxiety and depressive disorders in youths. In this present study, we aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the RCADS-CV in a clinical sample of children in Turkey.Method: The participants were 483 children aged 8–17 years old. Subjects were recruited from the following centers: Bezmialem University Hospital (55.7%), Kütahya Regional Hospital (17.4%), Istanbul Medical Faculty Hospital of the Istanbul University (16.7%), and Sakarya University Hospital (12.2%). A semi-structured diagnostic interview was carried out and the following measures were used: Children’s Depression Inventory, Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ).Results: Inter-scale reliability was strong/excellent with a Cronbach’s α of .95 and coefficients for the RCADS-CV subscales ranging from .75 to .86, demonstrating good internal consistency. Convergent and discriminant validity tests against both a semi-structured clinical interview and self-report measures suggested favorable properties. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the original six-factor model. RCADS-CV showed greater correspondence to specific diagnoses in comparative tests with the existing measures of anxiety and depression.Conclusion: Overall, the study provides satisfactory evidence that the Turkish RCADS-CV yields valid scores for clinical purposes among Turkish children.
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The RCADS anxiety subscales had a Cronbach's alpha of .95 and subscale coefficients ranging from .75 to .86.
“Cronbach ' s alpha for these subscales is reported as .95 and coefficients for these subscales range from .75 to .86 (Gormez et al., 2017).”
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The Turkish version of the Revised Child Anxiety Depression Scale-Anxiety Subscale (RCADS) has established validity and reliability.
“The child anxiety and depression scale developed by Chorpita et al. (2005) was translated into Turkish by Gormez et al. (2017) who also determined its validity and reliability.”
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The perception that moodiness, feelings of loneliness, interpersonal sensitivity and negative self-perception are relatively common in adolescents has contributed to the neglect or even the denial of the problem of youth depression, despite its importance as a signal of the possibility of recurrent depression throughout the life course.
“This perception has contributed to the neglect or even the denial of the problem of youth depression, despite its importance as a signal of the possibility of recurrent depression throughout the life course. 92”
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“Cronbach ’ s alpha for these subscales is reported as .95 and coef-fi cients for these subscales range from .75 to .86 (Gormez et al., 2017).”
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- Authors
- Gormez, V., Kılınçaslan, A., Orengul, A. C., Ebesutani, C., Kaya, I., Ceri, V., Nasıroglu, S., Filiz, M., & Chorpita, B.
- Affiliations
- Duksung Women's University (KR)
- Bezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi (TR)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Venue
- Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Published
- 2017-01-02
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 84-92
- ISSN
- 2475-0573 (ISSN-L)
- 2475-0581
- OpenAlex
- W2604154346
- Cited by
- 171
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 44 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4
- FWCI
- 5.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Sakarya Üniversitesi Kurumsal Açık Akademik Arşivi (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- 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
- Turkish adaptation, childhood anxiety, childhood depression, psychometric properties, cross-cultural validation, self-report questionnaire, internal consistency, convergent and discriminant validity, factor structure
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