title: Psychometric properties of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale with young adolescents.
abstract: The psychometric properties of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) were examined with 875 adolescents aged 13 and 14 years. This self-report measure was designed to evaluate symptoms relating to separation anxiety, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic-agoraphobia, generalized anxiety, and fears of physical injury. Results of confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses supported six factors consistent with the hypothesized subtypes of anxiety. There was support also for a model in which the first-order factors loaded significantly on a single second-order factor of anxiety in general. The internal consistency of the total score and sub-scales was high, and 12-week test-retest reliability was satisfactory. The SCAS correlated strongly with a frequently used child self-report measure of anxiety and significantly, albeit at a lower level, with a measure of depression.
authors: School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia. sues@psy.uq.edu.au
authors: Susan H
authors: SH
authors: Spence
authors: Paula M
authors: PM
authors: Barrett
authors: Cynthia M
authors: CM
authors: Turner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires