title: Cross-cultural adaptation of the Spence children's anxiety scale in Malaysia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Anxiety among children has increased in recent years. Culturally adapted questionnaires developed to measure the level of anxiety are the best screening instruments for the general population. This study describes the scientific translation and adaptation of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) into the Malay language.
  
  
  METHODS
  The process of scientific translation of this selfreport instrument followed the guidelines of the Task Force for Translation and Cultural Adaptation of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Malay version and its adaptation for a new cultural context are described.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Malay version achieved the aims of the original version and its conceptual and operational equivalence. It may be used as the first Malay instrument to measure anxiety among children in research and in clinical and community settings.
authors: Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
authors: Atefeh
authors: A
authors: Ahmadi
authors: Counseling Center, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
authors: Mohamed Sharif
authors: MS
authors: Mustaffa
authors: Research Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors: AliAkbar
authors: A
authors: Haghdoost
authors: Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
authors: Aqeel
authors: A
authors: Khan
authors: Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
authors: Adibah Abdul
authors: AA
authors: Latif
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations