Abstract
BackgroundThe psychometric properties and cross-informant agreement of a German translation of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) were assessed in a clinical sampleMethods102 children and adolescents in outpatient psychotherapy and their parents filled out the SCARED and Youth Self Report/Child Behaviour Checklist (YSR/CBCL).ResultsThe German SCARED showed good internal consistency for both parent and self-report version, and proved to be convergently and discriminantly valid when compared with YSR/CBCL scales. Cross-informant agreement was moderate with children reporting both a larger number as well as higher severity of anxiety symptoms than their parents.ConclusionIn conclusion, the German SCARED is a valid and reliable anxiety scale and may be used in a clinical setting
Highlights
The psychometric properties and cross-informant agreement of a German translation of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) were assessed in a clinical sample
An economic and administered screening instrument for anxiety disorders can serve as an important first step towards the identification of psychopathology and indicate the need of treatment in otherwise undiagnosed children and adolescents
The means and standard deviations for the SCARED are presented in Table 1 for each informant separately
Summary
The psychometric properties and cross-informant agreement of a German translation of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) were assessed in a clinical sample. Anxiety questionnaires exclusively assessing a specific diagnosis are prevalent in German-speaking countries, for example, screenings for social anxiety like the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAIK; [6]) or specific phobias like the Phobia Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (PHOKI; [7]). Other screening instruments such as the Children Anxiety Test (KAT-II [8]) or the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS [9]) lack parallel parent versions
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