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[Examination of the Multidimensional Anxiety Inventory for Children and Adolescents (MAICA) in Clinical Samples]
Laya Lehner1, Uwe Heim-Dreger1, Michael Hock2
1Pädagogische Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd Institut für Humanwissenschaften, Pädagogische Psychologie und Gesundheitspsychologie Oberbettringer Str. 200 73525 Schwäbisch Gmünd Deutschland.
Abstract:
Questionnaires such as the Multidimensional Anxiety Inventory for Children and Adolescents (MAICA) provide a diagnostic approach to alert for anxiety- or depression-related problems. The aim is to examine the MAICA within two clinical samples.We first investigated whether children having anxiety- or depression-related problems (n = 94) scored higher on anxiety (i.e., emotionality and worry) and depression (i.e., dysthymia and low joy) than a non-clinical control group (n = 282). Then, we contrasted a clinical sample with other mental disorders unrelated to anxiety or depression (n = 45) with another non-clinical control group (n = 135). Across all scales of the MAICA, children with anxiety- or depression-related problems showed less favourable values than the non-clinical control group (d = 0.34 to 0.54 for anxiety, 0.55 to 0.68 for depression). Children with other mental problems showed no differences in either the anxiety or depression scales. For the use as a screening instrument, preliminary cutoff scores for identifying anxiety- or depression-related problems with the MAICA are given.
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