title: The Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale 25-Parent Version: Scale Development and Validation in a School-Based and Clinical Sample.
abstract: To help facilitate the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based assessment practices, we examined the psychometric properties of the shortened 25-item version of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale-parent report (RCADS-25-P), which was based on the same items as the previously published shortened 25-item child version. We used two independent samples of youth-a school sample ( N = 967, Grades 3-12) and clinical sample ( N = 433; 6-18 years)-to examine the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the RCADS-25-P scale scores. Results revealed that the two-factor structure (i.e., depression and broad anxiety factor) fit the data well in both the school and clinical sample. All reliability estimates, including test-retest indices, exceeded benchmark for good reliability. In the school sample, the RCADS-25-P scale scores converged significantly with related criterion measures and diverged with nonrelated criterion measures. In the clinical sample, the RCADS-25-P scale scores successfully discriminated between those with and without target problem diagnoses. In both samples, child-parent agreement indices were in the expected ranges. Normative data were also reported. The RCADS-25-P thus demonstrated robust psychometric properties across both a school and clinical sample as an effective brief screening instrument to assess for depression and anxiety in children and adolescents.
authors.affiliation: 1 Duksung Women's University, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Chad
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ebesutani
authors.affiliation: 2 University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
authors.forename: Priya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Korathu-Larson
authors.affiliation: 2 University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
authors.forename: Brad J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: 3 University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI, USA.
authors.forename: Charmaine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Higa-McMillan
authors.affiliation: 4 University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chorpita
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012574:Schools; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: anxiety; depression; short form; youth assessment