Psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in the general adolescent population
Psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in the general adolescent population
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DOI：
10.1097/00004583-200503000-00013
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发表时间：
2005-03-01
影响因子：
13.3
通讯作者：
Meeus, W
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作者：
Hale, WW;Raaijmakers, Q;Meeus, W
目的：本研究考察了儿童焦虑相关情绪障碍（fear）筛查在普通人群中大量青少年样本中的心理测量特性。方法：2001年，荷兰1340名初中生和高中生完成了惊恐量表。SCARED是一份调查问卷，旨在测量儿童和青少年焦虑症状的五个维度。通过验证性因子分析，对男性和女性、青少年早期（10-13岁）和中期（14-18岁）群体以及荷兰族和少数民族群体进行了恐惧的因素结构调查。进行方差分析，比较各组的平均得分。结果：惊恐量表的五因子结构不仅对一般青少年人群具有最优的拟合性，而且对年龄、性别和民族也具有最优的拟合性。研究还发现，青少年亚组的SCARED分数彼此不同，这与之前关于青少年焦虑障碍症状的研究一致。结论：本研究的发现支持了恐惧具有五因子结构的说法。还证明了吓坏的有用性。
Objective: This study examined the psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in a large sample of adolescents from the general population. Method: In 2001, 1,340 junior high and high school adolescents in the Netherlands completed the SCARED. The SCARED is a questionnaire that purports to measure five child and adolescent anxiety symptom dimensions. The factor structure of the SCARED was investigated by means of confirmatory factor analyses that were conducted for males and females, early (10-13 years) and middle (14-18 years) adolescent groups, and for Dutch and ethnic minorities. Analyses of variance were carried out to compare mean scores for the various groups. Results: The five-factor structure of the SCARED not only had the best fit for the general adolescent population but also for the age, gender, and ethnic groups. It was also found that the SCARED scores of the adolescent subgroups differed from one another in agreement with previous studies on adolescent anxiety disorder symptoms. Conclusions: The findings of this study support the claim that the SCARED has a five-factor structure. The usefulness of the SCARED was also demonstrated.