Psychometric Properties of Scared-C Scale in a Romanian Community Sample and Its Future Utility for Dental Practice

The psychological management of children and adolescents in need of pedodontics or orthodontic treatments continues to be an essential objective in dental activity because along with the accuracy of the techniques that are used, anxiety reduction, and knowledge of how to approach the patient are necessary for the treatment to be successful. Therefore, our study aimed to validate the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders questionnaire, the child version of 41 items (SCARED-C) in the Romanian population for later use in pediatric dentistry. The instrument showed moderate to good internal consistency (α Cronbach from 0.63 to 0.91 for the total scale) and good test–retest reliability (0.70) on a subset of a sample comprising 85 children. A confirmatory factorial analysis (CFA) was conducted to test the factor structure of the Romanian version of the SCARED-C; the results showed that SCARED-C has good psychometric properties that can be used for screening anxiety in Romanian children and adolescents. The implications of using the SCARED-C in dental practice are discussed. Future studies need to be conducted to explore the convergent and discriminative validity of the instrument and its sensitivity to current DSM-V criteria. Application on a pediatric dental sample is also required.

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Psychometric Properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in Cypriot Children and Adolescents

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000116 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 19-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Cecilia A. Essau ◽

Xenia Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous ◽

Luna C. Muñoz

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Emotional Disorders ◽

Separation Anxiety ◽

Community Sample ◽

Child Anxiety ◽

Self Report ◽

Initial Assessment ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽

Test Retest Reliability

The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) is a 41-item self-report questionnaire that measures symptoms of DSM-IV anxiety disorders (panic/somatic, generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, social phobia) and school phobia in children and adolescents. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Greek translation of SCARED in a large community sample of children and adolescents (N = 1,072), aged 12 to 17 years, in the nonoccupied territory of Cyprus. A subsample of these participants (N = 108) was retested an average of 8 weeks after the initial assessment. The SCARED demonstrated high internal consistency (α = .92) and test-retest reliability (r = .84, over 8 weeks). The SCARED total scores correlated significantly with the internalizing factor of the Youth Self-Report, the Columbia Impairment Scale, and with the emotional subscale of the Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed the same five-factor structure as the original SCARED. The SCARED proved to be a reliable and valid measure of anxiety symptoms in the Cypriot context.

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Psychometric Properties of SCARED-C Scale in a Romanian Community Sample and its Future Utility for Dental Practice

10.20944/preprints202111.0455.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sorana-Maria Bucur ◽

Adela Moraru ◽

Beata Adamovits ◽

Eugen Silviu Bud ◽

Cristian Doru Olteanu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Separation Anxiety ◽

Community Sample ◽

Dental Practice ◽

Good Test ◽

Discriminative Validity ◽

School Avoidance ◽

Validity Indices ◽

Future Utility

SCARED-C instrument (the child version, 41 items) is used for screening anxiety in children between 8 to 18 years old and has been first introduced by Birmaher & collab. in 1995, with good psychometric data - internal consistency from α =.74 to .93 - and good discriminative validity indices in the original versions (1997, 1999). Since then, many countries have adopted the scale, for its utility in identifying five subsets of anxiety disorders (subscales): somatic/panic disorder, generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, social phobia, and school avoidance. The present study contains the first Romanian translated and adapted version of the SCARED-C instrument on a community sample of 477 children (8-18 years old) from Mureș county schools. The instrument showed moderate to good internal consistency (α Cronbach from to .63 to .91 for the total scale) and good test-retest reliability (.70) on a subset of 85 children sample. A confirmatory factorial analysis (CFA) was conducted to test the factor structure of the Romanian version of SCARED-C; results showed that SCARED-C has good psychometric properties to be used for screening anxiety in Romanian children and adolescents. The implications for using SCARED-C in dental practice are discussed. Future studies need to be conducted for exploring convergent and discriminative validity of the instrument and the sensitivity to current DSM-V criteria. Application on a dental pediatric sample is also required.

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Psychometric properties of the Short Leyton Obsessional Inventory-Child Version in a community sample of Spanish children and adolescents

Anales de Psicología ◽

10.6018/analesps.32.3.232201 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 26

Author(s):

Marina Iniesta-Sepúlveda ◽

Ana I. Rosa-Alcázar ◽

Beatriz Ruiz-García ◽

Jose A. López-Pina

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

Factor Model ◽

Community Sample ◽

Spanish Version ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Good Test ◽

Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽

Test Retest Reliability

The aim of the current study was to analyze psychometric properties of the Short LOI-CV in Spanish community sample. Participants were 914 children and adolescents with mean age of 13.01 years (51.3% males). An EFA yielded a three-factor model representing Obsessions, Compulsions, and Cleanliness dimensions. Both, total score and subscales showed an adequate internal consistency. The Spanish version also exhibited good test-retest reliability and moderate convergent and discriminant validity. The younger participants (from 8 to 10 years) obtained higher means for total score and subscales than older participants (groups 11-13 and 14-18 years). Significant differences related to gender were also observed since males obtained higher means in Compulsions subscale. Despite more research is required, the Spanish version of the Short LOI-CV exhibited promising psychometric results to assess obsessive-compulsive symptoms in community population.

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Psychometric properties of the Short Leyton Obsessional Inventory-Child Version in a community sample of Spanish children and adolescents

Anales de Psicología ◽

10.6018/analesps.33.1.232201 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 26-31

Author(s):

Marina Iniesta-Sepúlveda ◽

Ana I. Rosa-Alcázar ◽

Beatriz Ruiz-García ◽

Jose A. López-Pina

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

Factor Model ◽

Community Sample ◽

Spanish Version ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Good Test ◽

Convergent And Discriminant Validity ◽

Test Retest Reliability

El objetivo de este estudio fueanalizar las propiedades psicométricas del ShortLOI-CVen unamuestra españolacomunitaria.Los participantes fueron 914 niñosyadolescentescon edad mediade13.01años (varones =51.3%).ElAFE mostróun modelo de tresfactores compuesto por los dominios Obsesiones, CompulsionesyLimpieza. Tanto lapuntuación total comolas subescalas mostraron una adecuadaconsistenciainterna.Laversión española mostróbuena fiabilidad test-retestymoderada validezconvergenteydiscriminante.Los participantes más jóvenes (8a10 años) obtuvieron medias más altasquela escala Totalydistintas subescalas quelos mayores (grupo de11-13yde 14-18años). Se encontraron también diferencias significativas respecto al sexo, siendo losvarones los que mayoresmedias mostraron en laescala de compulsiones.Pese aqueesnecesariamás investigación, estos resultados sugirieron que la versión en español del ShortLOI-CV mostróun buen rendimiento psicométricos para evaluar los síntomas obsesivo-compulsivosen niñosyadolescentesen población comunitaria The aim of the current study was to analyze psychometric properties of the Short LOI-CV in Spanish community sample. Participants were 914 children and adolescents with mean age of 13.01 years (51.3% males). An EFA yielded a three-factor model representing Obsessions, Compulsions, and Cleanliness dimensions. Both, total score and subscales showed an adequate internal consistency. The Spanish version also exhibited good test-retest reliability and moderate convergent and discriminant validity. The younger participants (from 8 to 10 years) obtained higher means for total score and subscales than older participants (groups 11-13 and 14-18 years). Significant differences related to gender were also observed since males obtained higher means in Compulsions subscale. Despite more research is required, the Spanish version of the Short LOI-CV exhibited promising psychometric results to assess obsessive-compulsive symptoms in community population.

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Psychometric Properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in a Non-Clinical Sample of Children and Adolescents in Saudi Arabia

Child Psychiatry & Human Development ◽

10.1007/s10578-015-0589-0 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 47 (4) ◽

pp. 554-562 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Arwa Arab ◽

Mogeda El Keshky ◽

Julie A. Hadwin

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Emotional Disorders ◽

Clinical Sample ◽

Child Anxiety

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Psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in Brazilian children and adolescents

Journal of Anxiety Disorders ◽

10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.03.015 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 25 (5) ◽

pp. 741-748 ◽

Cited By ~ 47

Author(s):

Luciano Isolan ◽

Giovanni Abrahão Salum ◽

Andrea Tochetto Osowski ◽

Estácio Amaro ◽

Gisele Gus Manfro

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Emotional Disorders ◽

Child Anxiety ◽

Brazilian Children

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Psychometric Properties of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C)

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000090 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 51-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Anna Ogliari ◽

Simona Scaini ◽

Michael J. Kofler ◽

Valentina Lampis ◽

Annalisa Zanoni ◽

...

Keyword(s):

General Population ◽

Social Phobia ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Emotional Disorders ◽

Child Anxiety ◽

Self Report ◽

Public Performance ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽

The Social ◽

General Populations

Reliable and valid self-report questionnaires could be useful as initial screening instruments for social phobia in both clinical settings and general populations. The present study investigates the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C) in a sample of 228 children from the Italian general population aged 8 to 11. The children were asked to complete the Italian version of the SPAI-C and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that social phobia can be conceptualized as a unitary construct consisting of five distinct but interrelated symptom clusters named Assertiveness, General Conversation, Physical/Cognitive Symptoms, Avoidance, and Public Performance. Internal consistency of the SPAI-C total scores and two subscales was good; correlations between SPAI-C total scores and SCARED total scores/subscales ranged from moderate to high (Generalized Anxiety Disorder, for social phobia), with the SCARED Social Phobia subscale as the best predictor of SPAI-C total scores. The results indicate that the SPAI-C is a reliable and sensitive instrument suitable for identifying Social Phobia in the young Italian general population.

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Psychometric properties of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale in Greek Adolescents

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/13591045211056502 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 135910452110565

Author(s):

Ioanna Giannopoulou ◽

Evdokia Pasalari ◽

Paraskevi Bali ◽

Dimitra Grammatikaki ◽

Panagiotis Ferentinos

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Measurement Invariance ◽

Emotional Disorders ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Child Anxiety ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Anxiety And Depression ◽

Depression Symptoms ◽

Divergent Validity ◽

Convergent And Divergent Validity

The psychometric properties of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS-47) are established cross-culturally but lacking for the Greek population. The present study examined RCADS internal consistency and validity (structural and concurrent) in Greek adolescents, and tested measurement invariance across sex and age groups. We recruited 619 secondary school students ( n = 321 females), aged 12–18 years ( n = 318, 12–14-year-olds). Besides RCADS, all students completed Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), a subsample ( n = 300) completed Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), whereas a non-overlapping subsample ( n = 219) completed Depression Self-Rating Scale (DSRS). Structural validity was examined with Confirmatory Factor Analysis and measurement invariance was assessed with Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes (MIMIC) modeling. Convergent and divergent validity were examined using Spearman correlations between RCADS subscales and DSRS, SCARED, and SDQ validators. The six-factor model fitted the data best, validating the originally proposed RCADS structure. Three items displayed differential item functioning for sex, another three for age group, and one item for both, albeit with trivial effect sizes ( d < 0.2). Cronbach’s alpha was .94. Convergent and divergent validity were also established. In conclusion, the RCADS is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing anxiety and depression symptoms in Greek adolescents.

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