TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric properties of the spence children's anxiety scale (SCAS) in cypriot children and adolescents
AU - Essau, Cecilia A.
AU - Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, Xenia
AU - Muñoz, Luna C.
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - The Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) is a 38-item self-report questionnaire which measures symptoms of DSM-IV anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Greek translation of SCAS in a large community sample of children and adolescents (N = 1,072), aged 12-17 years, in the non-occupied territory of Cyprus. A subsample of these participants was retested 8 weeks after the initial assessment. The SCAS demonstrated high internal consistency (alpha = .92) and test-retest reliability (r = .88). The SCAS total scores correlated significantly with the anxious/depressed subscale of the Youth Self-Report, the Columbia Impairment Scale, and with the emotional subscale of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed the same six-factor structure as the original SCAS. The SCAS proved to be a reliable and valid measure of anxiety symptoms in the Cypriot context.
AB - The Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) is a 38-item self-report questionnaire which measures symptoms of DSM-IV anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Greek translation of SCAS in a large community sample of children and adolescents (N = 1,072), aged 12-17 years, in the non-occupied territory of Cyprus. A subsample of these participants was retested 8 weeks after the initial assessment. The SCAS demonstrated high internal consistency (alpha = .92) and test-retest reliability (r = .88). The SCAS total scores correlated significantly with the anxious/depressed subscale of the Youth Self-Report, the Columbia Impairment Scale, and with the emotional subscale of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed the same six-factor structure as the original SCAS. The SCAS proved to be a reliable and valid measure of anxiety symptoms in the Cypriot context.
KW - Anxiety disorders
KW - Anxiety symptoms
KW - Children and adolescents
KW - Spence Children's Anxiety Scale
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80755153650&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10578-011-0232-7
DO - 10.1007/s10578-011-0232-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 21630020
AN - SCOPUS:80755153650
SN - 0009-398X
VL - 42
SP - 557
EP - 568
JO - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
JF - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
IS - 5
ER -
