The results support the use of evidencebased, multiinformant assessment. Spence, 1999 are amongst the measures that are routinely used in clinical and research practice as a measure of anxiety symptoms in young people with and without asd e. The comprehensive application of these instruments, which include more than 40 items, is of great use for screening in. This study aimed to compare parent and child reports on the spence children s anxiety scale scas and a childreported. Pdf psychometric properties of the spence child anxiety. Panic attack and agoraphobia sa separation anxiety. The scas can be used with children, including preschoolers, and adolescents.
Description the spence childrens anxiety scale scas was developed to assess the severity of anxiety symptoms broadly in line with the dimensions of anxiety disorder proposed by the dsm iv. Author links open overlay panel bruce f chorpita letitia yim. When i have a problem i get a funny feeling in my stomach. Consequently, the child anxiety life interference scale calis. You can learn more about the test from the official homepage.
Greater detail regarding development of the scale is provided in two published papers spence, 1997. The included studies from the united states targeted adolescents 1017 years, and were delivered by external mental health professionals 8 studies or trained school staff 3 studies. Commercial organizations and forprofit clinical services should contact the author to discuss a commercial licence arrangement before use. Exploring the utility of the spence childrens anxiety. The scale is completed by a parent of an anxious child between the ages of 6 to 18.
Spence children s anxiety scale parent scasparent instructions. The sastr is a proxy rated measure and could assess social anxiety, generalized anxiety and also gives a total anxiety score. Spence childrens anxiety scale scas kenniscentrum kjp. It provides an overall measure of anxiety together with scores on six subscales each tapping a specific aspect of child anxiety. Download scale scoring and administration norms tscores psychometric properties overview automatic scoring articles. This measure assesses six domains of anxiety which constitute six subscales. The rcads and its related scales weredevelop ed using many of the items on the spence childrens anxiety scale 1997, along with items representing dsm major depression symptoms and new items related to. The childreport is a 45item questionnaire which includes six positive filler items i. Correlations among two selfreport questionnaires for measuring dsmdefined anxiety disorder symptoms in children.
Reliability and validity of the scas japanese version has been confirmed. A preliminary investigation of the spence children s anxiety parent scale as a screening tool for anxiety in young people with autism spectrum disorders. For each item please tap the response that best describes your child. This study aimed to translate and validate the sastr in iran. Spence childrens anxiety scale parent scasparent description. Spence childrens anxiety scale scas, and three traditional statetrait anxiety inventory for children staic. The spence childrens anxiety scale scas is an extensively used and evaluated 44item questionnaire developed to assess anxiety symptoms in children, and. Reliability and validity of the spence childrens anxiety. Pdf development of the spence childrens anxiety scale short. The literature provides several examples of anxiety symptoms questionnaires for children. Low this article has been rated as lowimportance on the projects importance scale. Generalized anxiety disorder 7 item scale gad7 hamilton anxiety rating scale hama liebowitz social anxiety scale lsas panic and agoraphobia scale pas short health anxiety inventory hai18 social phobia inventory spin spence children s anxiety scale scas taylor manifest anxiety scale tmas zung selfrating anxiety scale sas.
The spence childrens anxiety scale scas was developed by dr. Pdf the utility of the spence childrens anxiety scale. This study examined the psychometric properties of the spence children s anxiety scale child and parentreport forms in a sample of 85 children from the community and 85 children with anxiety disorders matched on sex and age. The spence childrens anxiety scale scas is an extensively used and evaluated 44item questionnaire developed to assess anxiety symptoms in children, and provides a sound base for the development of an abbreviated anxiety symptoms questionnaire. This scale assert some type of anxiety disorders, such as ocd, gad, sad and so on. This study examined the internal structure, reliability, convergent and discriminant validity of the spence childrens anxiety scale parent report scasp. Press the button below to download a copy of the scale. Department of psychology spence childrens anxiety scale.
I propose you checking spence children preschool anxiety scale parent version in dr spence website. Pdf brazilian portuguese version of the spence children. The utility of the spence children s anxiety scale scas in screening for anxiety disorders in children and youth with autism spectrum disorders conference paper pdf available may 20 with. Pdf parentchild agreement using the spence childrens. Comparisons of the factor structure and measurement invariance of the spence childrens anxiety scaleparent version in children with autism spectrum disorder and typically developing anxious children. However, these questionnaires generally contain many items, and might not be ideal for screening in large populations, or repeated testing in clinical settings. Despite high rates of clinically elevated anxiety difficulties in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders asds, very few studies have systematically examined the usefulness of commonly used caregiver report anxiety screening tools. A tscore of 60 or above reflects around the top 16% of the population. We pooled together all the responses from caregivers of 870 618year old young autistic people from three countries uk, usa and singapore, of whom 287. The primary outcome measure was the spence childrens anxiety scale scas which is one of the most valid selfreported measures for assessing child anxiety meeting diagnostic standards for 8 to 15yearold children. Journal of psychological abnormalities p in children. Research article parentchild agreement using the spence children s anxiety scale and a thermometer in children with autism spectrum disorder t.
The scas and its parent version scasp are useful clinical tools for the detection and assessment of social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobia, panicagoraphobia, obsessivecompulsive disorder and separation anxiety disorder among adolescents aim. Welcome to the spence childrens anxiety scale website. Parentchild agreement using the spence childrens anxiety scale and a thermometer in. There are general selfreports for assessing the different childhood anxiety disorders, including sad, such as the screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders scared or the spence children s anxiety scale scas. The current study evaluated an adaptation of a recently developed anxiety measure spence children s anxiety scale. The scale is completed by asking the child to read and follow the instructions on the printed form. Pdf development of the spence childrens anxiety scale.
Treatment of child anxiety disorders via guided parent. Click on the circle that shows how often each of these things happen to you. Parentchild agreement using the spence childrens anxiety. The pull down menu on this tab provides information about the scale, scoring, administration, and articles. F evaluation of severity of anxiety symptoms and impairment from anxiety disorder. Brazilian portuguese version of the spence children s anxiety scale scasbrasil. Although spence childrens anxiety scale scas is a widely used anxiety measure in many countries around the world, until now, research has barely focused on the usefulness of the parent version scasp in young children. Effectiveness of a cognitive behavioural therapybased. Inventory, the multidimensional anxiety scale for children masc, the liebowitz social anxiety scale, and the social phobia and anxiety inventory for children, spence childrens anxiety scale child and disorders, including panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, generalized anxiety disorders, including panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias. The translation and cultural adaptation of the original questionnaire were carried out in accordance. Pdf reliability and validity of the spence childrens. Page 1 of 29 accepted manuscript research highlights this study evaluated the psychometric properties of the spence childrens anxiety scale scas and the associated parentreport version pscas in a hong kong chinese. Assessment of symptoms of dsmiv anxiety and depression in children.
Spence children s anxiety scale child scas child description the scas child version is a 45item selfreport scale used to assess severity of anxiety symptoms in children aged 815 years. Pdf the utility of the spence childrens anxiety scale scas in. Spence children s anxiety scale child scaschild description the scas child version is a 45item selfreport scale used to assess severity of anxiety symptoms in children aged 815 years. Commercial organizations and forprofit clinical services should contact the author to discuss a. Never sometimes often always paa 10 11 12 14 15 16 18 19 sa pif paa.
The spence children s anxiety scale scoring sheet parent version name. An overview of psychometric findings, author, year2018 assessing adolescent anxiety in general psychiatric care. Parentreport includes scoring spence children s anxiety scale includes scoring, parent and child versions, many languages. Compared to the child version of the same test, parent child agreement ranged from 0. Behavioural inhibition questionnaire social skills training casafs the child report version of the spence children s anxiety scale. Description the spence children s anxiety scale scas was developed to assess the severity of anxiety symptoms broadly in line with the dimensions of anxiety disorder proposed by the dsm iv. The spence childrens anxiety scale scas is a child selfreport measure designed to evaluate symptoms relating to separation anxiety, social phobia, obsessivecompulsive disorder. Pdf psychometric properties of the spence childrens. Adolescents were reimbursed for their participation with an evoucher.
Pdf a preliminary investigation of the spence childrens. I get nervous when things do not go the right way for me. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, volume 47. Validation of the spence childrens anxiety scales obsessive. Psychometric properties of the brazilianportuguese version of the spence children s anxiety scale scas. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. The child report version of the spence childrens anxiety. Arabic bengali armenian brazilian portuguese bulgarian catalan chinese czech danish finnish french german greek hebrew hindi italian indonesian iranian persian japanese malay nepalese netherlands norwegian polish portuguese preschool version russian preschool scale slovenian spanish swedish syrian arabic turkish ukrainian urdu. The scas ocd correlated with interviewbased measures of ocd.
Development of the spence childrens anxiety scale short version scas s article pdf available in journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment 409 november 2017 with 2,855 reads. The utility of the spence childrens anxiety scale scas in screening for anxiety disorders in children and youth with autism spectrum. Parentchild agreement using the spence childrens anxiety scale and a thermometer in children with autism spectrum disorder article pdf available april 2015 with 71 reads how we measure. The reliability and validity of the spence children s anxiety scale scas and the screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders scared were evaluated in a sample of 556 german primary school children. The scale assesses six domains of anxiety including generalised anxiety, panic agoraphobia, social phobia, separation anxiety, obsessive. Although anxiety is frequently reported in children with autism spectrum disorder asd, existing anxiety scales are often psychometrically inappropriate for this population.
Never sometime often always 1 my child worries about things 0 1 2 3. Online cbt in the treatment of child and adolescent anxiety. Anxiety symptoms were most frequently measured with the spence childrens anxiety scale, followed by the revised childrens manifest anxiety scale. Highlights we examined the validity of the spence children s anxiety scale s ocd subscale. Evidence from included studies showed targeted schoolbased cbt interventions led to small reductions in depression and anxiety symptoms among children and adolescents when compared to control. The spence childrens anxiety scale parent report is a 38item questionnaire based on dsmivtr criteria for anxiety disorders in children. Scores were elevated in patients with ocd and decreased with treatment. Psychometric properties of the spence childrens anxiety. A tscore of 65 or above represents around the top 6% of the population.
Psychometric properties of the spence childrens anxiety scale scas in cypriot children and adolescents article pdf available in child. Child anxiety life interference scale calis psychtools. Evidence based assessmentwhat questionnaire should i use. The pdf documents below automatically score the scas questionnaire and help to. The spence childrens anxiety scale scas is a psychological questionnaire designed to identify symptoms of various anxiety disorders, specifically social phobia, obsessivecompulsive disorder, panic disorderagoraphobia, and other forms of anxiety, in children and adolescents between ages 8 and 15. Development of the spence childrens anxiety scale short. Apr 02, 2015 children with autism spectrum disorder asd experience high anxiety which often prompts clinical referral and requires intervention. The spence children s anxiety scale scas is a psychological questionnaire designed to identify symptoms of various anxiety disorders, specifically social phobia, obsessivecompulsive disorder, panic disorderagoraphobia, and other forms of anxiety, in children and adolescents between ages 8 and 15. Validation of the parent report version of the spence. Given that the scas is also used to screen children at risk for the emergence of anxiety disorders as a consequence of elevated anxiety symptoms dadds et al. The screen for child anxiety related disorders scared traumatic stress disorder scale muris, merckelbach, korver, and meesters, 2000 on the following page is a brief initial screen for the presence of ptsd symptoms. Please visit the project page for details or ask questions at wikipedia talk. Screening and monitoring for anxiety symptoms with multiinformant, validated rating scales for childhood anxiety parent and child report such as selfreport for childhood anxiety related disorders scared and spence childrens anxiety scale scas. You can learn more about the test from the official homepage click on the circle that shows how often each of these things happen to you.
Pdf psychometric properties of the brazilianportuguese. Parentchild agreement using the spence children s anxiety scale and a thermometer in children with autism spectrum disorder may, t. Presence and severity of child primary anxiety disorder anxiety disorders interview schedule for dsmiv, childparent versions, improvement in child presentation of anxiety clinical global impression improvement scale, and change in child anxiety symptoms spence childrens anxiety scale, childparent version and child anxiety impact. Assessment of symptoms of dsmiv anxiety and depression in. Scared screen for childhood anxiety related disorders. The spence children s anxiety scale scas was developed by dr.
Research article parentchild agreement using the spence. F severity of anxiety symptoms and impairment from anxiety disorder. Which are the best instruments to assess anxiety among. The present study examined the psychometric properties of the bulgarian translation of the spence childrens anxiety scale scas in a community sample of adolescents n700, aged to 17 years, in bulgaria. Identifying children with anxiety disorders using brief. Spence, 1998 and its corresponding parentcaregiver version scasp. Anxiety spence childrens anxiety scale scas sh spence 1997 1.
The spence childrens anxiety scale scas developed by spence 1998, is a selfreport measure designed to assess the severity of anxiety symptoms in children relating to separation anxiety, social phobia, obsessivecompulsive disorder, panic agoraphobia, generalised anxiety. Outcome measure spence childrens anxiety scale scas. Personality and individual differences, 28, 333 346. It provides an overall measure of anxiety together with scores on six sub scales each tapping a specific aspect of child anxiety. The spence childrens anxiety scale scas is a child selfreport measure designed to evaluate symptoms relating to separation anxiety, social phobia, obsessivecompulsive disorder, panicagoraphobia, generalized anxiety and fears of physical injury.
Psychometric properties of the spence child anxiety scale with adolescents from five european countries. Which are the best instruments to assess anxiety among children. Is spences children preschool anxiety scale parent form. The parenting to reduce adolescent depression and anxiety. We used a question in the spence childrens anxiety scaleparent version scasp which asks is there anything else your child is afraid of. Three new childhood anxiety scales have comparable. Diagnostic accuracy of the swedish selfreport and parent versions of the spence children s anxiety scale. The scale consists of 14 items, each defined by a series of symptoms, and measures both psychic anxiety mental. For comprehensive information visit the spence children s anxiety scale website at. For comprehensive information visit the spence childrens anxiety scale website at. Spence children s anxiety scale parent scasparent description the scale is completed by a parent of an anxious child between the ages of 6 to 18.
Outcome measure spence childrens anxiety scale scas sensitivity to change yes population paediatrics domain psychological status type of measure parentreport, selfreport icfcodes b1 description the spence children s anxiety scale scas was developed to assess the severity of anxiety symptoms broadly in line with the dimensions of anxiety. Information from the site, including the spence children s anxiety scale, may currently be downloaded and used free of charge by researchers and individual practitioners. The correlation between scared social phobia and its scas counterpart was rather modest r 0. Cutscores were identified to maximize sensitivity and positive predictive power. Given that the scas is also used to screen children at risk for the emergence of anxiety disorders as a consequence of elevated anxiety symptoms. Parentreport includes scoring spence children s anxiety scale includes scoring, parent and childversions, many languages. It is validated in youth age 7 to 19 years old with sensitivity of 100% and specificity of. Table of contents page 3 autism research and treatment. All participants completed 6 questionnaires in their classrooms. The school anxiety scale teacher report sastr was designed to assess anxiety in children at school. Interpretation scores consist of a total raw score between 0 and 114 and six subscale scores. The spence childrens anxiety scale scas is an extensively used and evaluated 44item questionnaire developed to assess anxiety symptoms in. The spence childrens anxiety scale scoring sheet self report.
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