Assessing anxiety disorders in children and adolescents

SH Spence - Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Given the relatively high prevalence of anxiety problems among young people
and their adverse consequences if left untreated, it is important that clinicians and …

Screening for childhood anxiety: A meta-analysis of the screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders

K Runyon, SR Chesnut, H Burley - Journal of affective Disorders, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED)
is a commonly used instrument that evaluates anxiety symptoms in children and …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying children with anxiety disorders using brief versions of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale for children, parents, and teachers.

T Reardon, SH Spence, J Hesse, A Shakir… - Psychological …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental health disorders experienced by
children and are associated with significant negative outcomes. Only a minority of affected …

Differential susceptibility effects of oxytocin gene (OXT) polymorphisms and perceived parenting on social anxiety among adolescents

S Olofsdotter, C Åslund, T Furmark… - Development and …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Social anxiety is one of the most commonly reported mental health problems among
adolescents, and it has been suggested that parenting style influences an adolescent's level …

Trypophobia: What do we know so far? A case report and comprehensive review of the literature

JC Martínez-Aguayo, RC Lanfranco… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In this article, we describe the case of a girl who suffers from a phobia to repetitive patterns,
known as trypophobia. This condition has not yet been recognised by diagnostic taxonomies …

Development and validation of a brief screening procedure for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder derived from the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale

AF Sattler, SPH Whiteside, JP Bentley… - Journal of Obsessive …, 2018 - Elsevier
Evidence-based assessment (EBA) is essential to accurate measurement of psychiatric
disorders, including pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). There are …

Psychometric properties of the spence children's anxiety scale with adolescents in Japanese high schools

S Ishikawa, Y Takeno, Y Sato, K Kishida, Y Yatagai… - School Mental …, 2018 - Springer
This study investigated anxiety symptoms of Japanese adolescents in community high
schools. Japanese high school students (N= 1500) from diverse types of schools including …

Factor Structure of the Urdu Version of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale in Pakistan

F Qadir, A Maqsood, N Us-Sahar, N Bukhtawer… - Behavioral …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) is one of the most commonly used self-
report questionnaires to measure symptoms of anxiety disorders in adolescents. Despite its …

The mediating role of parenting behaviors in the relationship between early and late adolescent levels of anxiety: Specificity and informant effects

S Olofsdotter, T Furmark, C Åslund, KW Nilsson - Journal of Adolescence, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction The role of parenting behavior is often highlighted in the development of anxiety
in youth. However, previous reports are limited in terms of the specificity of relationships …

Anxiety in children and adolescents rated by patients, parents, and teachers: Factor structure and psychometric properties of an ICD-10 and DSM-IV-based rating …

C Dose, A Goertz-Dorten, H Goletz… - Journal of Child and …, 2018 - Springer
This study examined the psychometric properties of the German Self-Report and Parent
Report Rating Scale for Anxiety Disorders (SRS-AD and PRS-AD), and a shortened teacher …