Despite high rates of clinically elevated anxiety difficulties in children and adolescents with
autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), very few studies have systematically examined the …

Although anxiety is frequently reported in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD),
existing anxiety scales are often psychometrically inappropriate for this population. This …

Abstract The Spence Children's Anxiety Scale—Parent version (SCAS-P) is often used to
assess anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), however, little is known …

Anxiety‐related difficulties are common in ASD, but measuring anxiety reliably and validly is
challenging. Despite an increasing number of studies, there is no clear agreement on which …

Anxiety difficulties and disorders are common in children and youth people with Autism
Spectrum Disorders (ASD), but only a few studies have specifically examined informant …

Objective The present study assessed the utility of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale-
Parent Form (SCAS-P) across parents of children with (i) anxiety and (ii) Autism Spectrum …

Anxiety is a prevalent and impairing co-morbidity among individuals with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD), yet assessment measures, including screening tools, are seldom validated …

Identifying and measuring anxiety in young people on the autism spectrum can be
challenging. The present study investigated the use of the Anxiety Scale for Children with …

Assessing anxiety in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is inherently challenging due to
overlapping (eg, social avoidance) and ambiguous symptoms (eg, fears of change). An ASD …

Challenges with identifying and measuring anxiety in children and young people with an
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have prompted studies examining the reliability of and …