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ToolsCarruthers, Sophie, Kent, Rachel, Hollocks, Matthew J. and Simonoff, Emily (2020) Brief Report: Testing the psychometric properties of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS) and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50 (7). 2625–2632. ISSN 0162-3257
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Abstract
Anxiety is a prevalent and impairing co-morbidity among individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), yet assessment measures, including screening tools, are seldom validated with autism samples. We explored the psychometric properties of the child and parent reports of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS) and the Screen for Anxiety Related Disorder-71 (SCARED-71) with 49 males with ASD (10–16 years, 63% co-occurring anxiety). Both measures had excellent internal consistency and fair-good parent–child agreement. The SCAS has a higher proportion of items evaluating observable behaviors. Predictive power of the measures did not differ. Higher cut-points in the parent reports (SCARED only) and lower cut-points in the child reports may enhance prediction in this sample. Choice of measure and cut-points should be considered alongside intended purpose.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | anxiety,autism spectrum disorder,psychometrics,screening tools,developmental and educational psychology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3204 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2018 13:30 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2022 20:32 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/68719 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-018-3774-8 |
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