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Published on: February 11, 2017
Psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders in a rural high school population
Tammy Haley1, Kathryn Puskar, Lauren Terhorst
1School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. tmh24@pitt.edu
Problem:
Evaluate psychometric properties of the 41-item SCARED (Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders) when used with a rural community-dwelling sample.
Methods:
As part of a randomized controlled trial, SCARED was administered to 193 adolescents in a rural high-school setting. Internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and factor structure were assessed.
Findings:
Adequate internal consistency (α= 0.93) and test-retest reliability (r= 0.703) were demonstrated. Five factors were identified with a differing composition than previously reported.
Conclusions:
The SCARED was found to be a reliable tool in the rural adolescent population. Differences in some factors suggest further research is needed.
