Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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910158 | Journal of Anxiety Disorders | 2008 | 10 Pages |
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.