TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - The utility of screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders (scared) as a tool for identifying children at high risk for prevalent anxiety disorders
JO  - Anxiety, stress, and coping
A1  - Muris, Peter
A1  - Merckelbach, Harald
A1  - Kindt, Merel
A1  - Bögels, Susan
A1  - Dreessen, Laura
A1  - Dorp, Ciona   Van
A1  - Habets, Andrea
A1  - Rosmuller, Sandra
A1  - Snieder, Nienke
SP  - 265
EP  - 283
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
N2  - Abstract The current study examined the utility of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) as a screening tool for the identification of children at high risk for prevalent childhood anxiety disorders. The child version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (KSCID) was used as the diagnostic standard. It was investigated whether SCARED scores are indicative for the presence of generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, and social phobia. Five-hundred-and-thirty-seven children aged 7?14 years completed the SCARED. From this sample, 82 children were selected on the basis of their SCARED scores. A subgroup of these children scored relatively high on the generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, and/or social phobia scale(s) of the SCARED. A comparison group of children scored relatively low on these SCARED scales. Both groups of children then received the semi-structured interview to assess to what extent they fulfilled the DSM-IV criteria for the relevant anxiety disorders. Results provided some support for the predictive validity of the SCARED generalized anxiety disorder and separation anxiety disorder subscales. The implications of these findings for the detection of anxiety disorders in normal children are briefly discussed.<p /> 
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SN  - 1061-5806
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615800108248357
ID  - ref1
ER  -