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Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED)
Psychology: Mental HealthReliability: alpha 0.74–0.933 sample items
About this scale
A 41-item self- and parent-report screener for child anxiety disorders mapped to DSM categories: panic/somatic, generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, social anxiety, and school avoidance.
Sample item(s)
“When I feel frightened, it is hard to breathe (panic)”
“I worry about other people liking me (social)”
“I get scared when I sleep away from home (separation)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.74–0.93. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use.
Source & citation
Birmaher, B., Khetarpal, S., Brent, D., Cully, M., Balach, L., Kaufman, J., & Neer, S. M. (1997): The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED). Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 545–553.
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