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Examining the Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorder-71 as an assessment tool for anxiety in children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders

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Title
Examining the Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorder-71 as an assessment tool for anxiety in children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders
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Autism, October 2012
DOI 10.1177/1362361312455875
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Francisca JA van Steensel, Amber ACG Deutschman, Susan M Bögels

Abstract

The psychometric properties of a questionnaire developed to assess symptoms of anxiety disorders (SCARED-71) were compared between two groups of children: children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder and comorbid anxiety disorders (ASD-group; n = 115), and children with anxiety disorders (AD-group; n = 122). Anxiety disorders were established with a semi-structured interview (ADIS-C/P), using child- as well as parent-report. Internal consistency, construct validity, sensitivity, specificity, and discriminant validity of the SCARED-71 was investigated. Results revealed that the psychometric properties of the SCARED-71 for the ASD-group were quite comparable to the AD-group, however, the discriminant validity of the SCARED-71 child-report was less in the ASD-group. Raising the parental cutoffs of the SCARED-71 resulted in higher specificity rates, which suggests that research should focus more on establishing alternative cutoffs for the ASD-population.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 128 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 19%
Student > Master 19 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 19 15%
Researcher 14 11%
Student > Bachelor 9 7%
Other 23 18%
Unknown 20 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 68 53%
Medicine and Dentistry 11 9%
Social Sciences 10 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 2%
Other 10 8%
Unknown 23 18%