Psychometric properties of the child and parent versions of Spence Children's Anxiety Scale in a Danish community and clinical sample |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Providence Medical Group, United States;2. North Texas Veteran Affairs Health Care System, United States;3. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States;1. National Centre for Psychotraumatology, Institute for Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark;2. School of Psychology and Psychology Research Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK;3. International Psychoanalytic University, Berlin, Germany;1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States;2. Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, P404 Duff Roblin Building, 190 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada;3. Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, PsycHealth Centre, PZ433-771 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3N4, Canada;1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA;2. Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | This study examined the psychometric properties and norms of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) and the associated parent version (SCAS-P) in a Danish community and a clinical sample. The total sample consisted of 1240 children (972 from community sample), age 7–17 years, and 805 parents (537 from community sample). Results indicated that SCAS and SCAS-P had good internal consistency on the total scale and all subscales, with exception of the subscale for fear of physical injury. Both scales showed satisfactory 2-week and 3-month retest stability. All subscales and total scales of the SCAS and SCAS-P discriminated between the clinical and community sample. A comparison with the Beck Youth Inventories and the Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire in the clinical sample supported the scales’ convergent and divergent validity. Results of confirmatory factor analyses for SCAS and SCAS-P were in favor of the original model with six correlated factors. |
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| Keywords: | Anxiety Spence Children's Anxiety Scale Children Adolescents Parents Assessment |
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