title: Assessing anxiety with the Child Behavior Checklist and the Teacher Report Form.
abstract: We evaluated the utility of Anxiety scales for the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Teacher Report Form (TRF). The scales (CBCL-A; TRF-A) were examined using mothers and teachers of anxiety-disordered (AD; 157 mothers, 70 teachers) and non-anxiety-disordered (NAD; 100 mothers, 17 teachers) children. Separate samples of parents and teachers of AD (mothers=145, fathers=120, teachers=137) and NAD (mothers=35, fathers=29, teachers=27) children cross-validated the original findings. CBCL-A and TRF-A scores significantly discriminated AD children from NAD children and correlated significantly with other measures of child anxiety. The CBCL-A and TRF-A were sensitive to treatment changes. Relative to the CBCL/TRF Anxious/Depressed syndromes and Internalizing dimensions, the CBCL-A and TRF-A improved prediction of anxiety status. Relative to Achenbach, Demenci, and Rescorla's [Achenbach, T. M., Demenci, L., & Rescorla, L. A. (2003). DSM-oriented and empirically based approaches to constructing scales from the same item pools. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 32, 328-340] CBCL Anxiety subscale, the CBCL-A predicted comparably. Findings are discussed in terms of the CBCL-A and TRF-A as clinical tools.
authors.affiliation: Temple University, Department of Psychology, Philadelphia, PA 19122, United States. pkendall@temple.edu
authors.forename: Philip C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Kendall
authors.forename: Anthony C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Puliafico
authors.forename: Andrea J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Barmish
authors.forename: Muniya S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: Aude
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Henin
authors.forename: Kimberli S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Treadwell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012574:Schools; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires