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Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the screen for child anxiety-related emotional disorders (SCARED)

Journal: Journal of Anxiety Disorders (08876185)Year: June 2013Volume: 27Issue: Pages: 469 - 474
Dehghani F. Amiri S. Molavi H.Neshat Doost H.a
DOI:10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.06.003Language: English

Abstract

The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Persian translation of the Screen for Child Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorders-child version (SCARED-C) in a community sample of 557 children, aged 9-13 years, in the city of Isfahan, Iran. In addition to the SCARED-C, all the participants completed the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) and the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI). The SCARED-C demonstrated moderate to high internal consistency (alpha=0.59-0.80) and good convergent and divergent validity. The one-factor and the five-factor model of the SCARED-C fitted the data moderately. However, the five-factor model had a significantly better fit than the one-factor model (δχ2=287.346, df=10, P<.001). These findings showed that SCARED-C can be used as a reliable and valid measure of anxiety symptoms among children in Iran. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.