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Psychometric Properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in the General Adolescent Population

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HALE, WILLIAM W, RAAIJMAKERS, QUINTEN, MURIS, PETER, MEEUS, WIM·2005·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Objective This study examined the psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in a large sample of adolescents from the general population.Method In 2001, 1,340 junior high and high school adolescents in the Netherlands completed the SCARED. The SCARED is a questionnaire that purports to measure five child and adolescent anxiety symptom dimensions. The factor structure of the SCARED was investigated by means of confirmatory factor analyses that were conducted for males and females, early (10-13 years) and middle (14-18 years) adolescent groups, and for Dutch and ethnic minorities. Analyses of variance were carried out to compare mean scores for the various groups.Results The five-factor structure of the SCARED not only had the best fit for the general adolescent population but also for the age, gender, and ethnic groups. It was also found that the SCARED scores of the adolescent subgroups differed from one another in agreement with previous studies on adolescent anxiety disorder symptoms.Conclusions The findings of this study support the claim that the SCARED has a five-factor structure. The usefulness of the SCARED was also demonstrated.

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Authors
HALE, W. W., RAAIJMAKERS, Q., MURIS, P., & MEEUS, W.
Affiliations
Utrecht University (NL)
Venue
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2005-03
Volume
44
Issue
3
Pages
283-290
ISSN
0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1966681606
Cited by
253
References
43
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FWCI
9.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
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
SCARED, adolescent anxiety, factor structure, psychometric properties, ethnic minorities, gender differences, age differences, Dutch adolescents
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Anxiety, Child, Humans, Mass Screening, Population Surveillance, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Mood Disorders

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