title: Reliability and validity of the screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders (SCARED) in Chinese children.
abstract: The present study examined the psychometric properties of the screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders (SCARED) in a large community sample of Chinese children. The 41-item version of the SCARED was administered to 1559 primary and junior high school students (774 boys and 785 girls, mean age 11.8+/-2.11) in 12 Chinese cities. The SCARED demonstrated moderate to high internal consistency (alpha=0.43-0.89) and test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients=0.46-0.77 over 2 weeks and 0.24-0.67 over 12 weeks), moderate parent-child correlation (r=0.49-0.59) and good discriminant validity (between anxiety and non-anxiety disorders). The SCARED total score was significantly correlated with the internalizing factor of the child behavior checklist (0.41). Factor analyses revealed the same five-factor structure as the original SCARED. These findings support that the SCARED is a reliable and valid anxiety screening instrument in Chinese children.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China. su-linyan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Linyan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Xueping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results