Assessment of Anxiety Symptoms in School Children: A Cross-Sex and Ethnic Examination

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作者：

Lindsay E. Holly

Michelle Little

Armando A. Pina

Linda C. Caterino

机构：

[1] Arizona State University,Prevention Research Center, Department of Psychology

[2] University of Texas at San Antonio,Psychology Department

[3] Arizona State University,Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

来源：

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology | 2015年 / 43卷

关键词：

Hispanic/Latino; Child anxiety symptoms; Spence children’s anxiety scale; Screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders; Teacher ratings; School assessment;

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摘要：

We evaluated the cross-sex and -ethnic (Hispanic/Latino, non-Hispanic White) measurement invariance of anxiety symptoms based on the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS) as well as SCAS anxiety symptoms’ correspondence with scores on the 5-item Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) and teacher ratings of child anxiety. Based on data corresponding to 702 children (M age = 9.65, SD = 0.70; 51.9 % girls; 55 % Hispanic/Latino), findings showed some sex and ethnic variations in SCAS measured anxiety at the item and scale levels. Moreover, SCAS correspondence to the 5-item SCARED was found across ethnicity and sex. SCAS correspondence to teacher ratings was found for non-Hispanic White boys and non-Hispanic White girls, marginally in Hispanic/Latino boys, and poorly in Hispanic/Latino girls.

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页码：297 / 309

页数：12

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