title: Psychometrics of the screen for adult anxiety related disorders (SCAARED)- A new scale for the assessment of DSM-5 anxiety disorders.
abstract: To examine the psychometrics of the Screen for Adult Anxiety Related Disorders (SCAARED).
  
  
  
  The SCAARED was adapted from the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders. Participants (N=336) ages 18-27 years old were evaluated using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Disorders (SCID). The SCAARED was completed at or within two-weeks before the SCID. The psychometrics of the SCAARED were analyzed using standard statistical analyses including principal components, and Receiver Operant Curve analyses. A replication was performed in an age/sex matched independent sample (N=158).
  
  
  
  The SCAARED showed four factors: somatic/panic/agoraphobia, generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, and social anxiety. The total and each factor scores demonstrated good internal consistency (α=0.86-0.97) and good discriminant validity between anxiety and other disorders and within anxiety disorders for generalized and social anxiety. Area Under the Curve for the total and each of the factor scores ranged between 0.72 and 0.84 (p<0.0001). These results were replicated in the independent sample.
  
  
  
  The SCAARED showed excellent psychometric properties supporting its use to screen adults for anxiety disorders, longitudinal studies following youth into adulthood and studies comparing child and adult populations. Further replication studies in larger community and clinical samples are indicated.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Melina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Angulo
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Brian T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Rooks
authors.affiliation: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: MaryKay
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.affiliation: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.affiliation: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Dara
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sakolsky
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.affiliation: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Monk
authors.affiliation: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Mary Beth
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Hickey
authors.affiliation: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Rasim S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Diler
authors.affiliation: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Danella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hafeman
authors.affiliation: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Merranko
authors.affiliation: Nationwide Children's Hospital Research Institute and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Axelson
authors.affiliation: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Birmaher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D019540:Area Under Curve; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adults; Anxiety disorders; Psychometrics; Rating scales