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Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development 3/2019

20-11-2018 | Original Article

The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): Informant Discrepancy, Measurement Invariance, and Test–Retest Reliability

Auteurs: Brigid Behrens, Caroline Swetlitz, Daniel S. Pine, David Pagliaccio

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 3/2019

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Abstract

The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) is a measure widely used to assess childhood anxiety based on parent and child report. However, while the SCARED is a reliable, valid, and sensitive measure to screen for pediatric anxiety disorders, informant discrepancy can pose clinical and research challenges. The present study assesses informant discrepancy, measurement invariance, test–retest reliability, and external validity of the SCARED in 1092 anxious and healthy parent–child dyads. Our findings indicate that discrepancy does not vary systematically by the various clinical, demographic, and familial variables examined. There was support for strict measurement invariance, strong test–retest reliability, and adequate external validity with a clinician-rated measure of anxiety. These findings further support the utility of the SCARED in clinical and research settings, but low parent–child agreement highlights the need for further investigation of factors contributing to SCARED informant discrepancy.
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Metagegevens
Titel
The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): Informant Discrepancy, Measurement Invariance, and Test–Retest Reliability
Auteurs
Brigid Behrens
Caroline Swetlitz
Daniel S. Pine
David Pagliaccio
Publicatiedatum
20-11-2018
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-018-0854-0

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