title: [Adaptation of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index for Use in Turkey].
abstract: Anxiety sensitivity (AS) refers to the fear of anxiety-related sensations. The aim of the present study is to investigate the validity and reliability of Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI) and adapting it into Turkish.
  
  
  
  The study group consisted of 328 healthy individuals whose age between 8-15 years old. All subjects included in the study ﬁlled out the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventories for Children (STAI-C).
  
  
  
  The CASI was found to be significantly related to both trait and state anxiety scores (r=0.42 and r=0.32, respectively). It had a high internal consistency (Cronbach a= 0.74) and good test-retest reliability (r= 0.77, p< 0.001). Explorotary factor analyses showed that the CASI is comprised of 6 lower-order factors. However, CASI subfactors was established according to literature as a three factor model: physical, cognitive and social.
  
  
  
  According to the present study, the CASI Turkish version was shown to be a valid and a reliable scale.
authors.forename: Savaş
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yılmaz
authors.forename: Emine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zinnur Kılıç
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results