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

Lindsay E. Holly; Michelle Little; Armando Pina; Linda C. Caterino

doi:10.1007/s10802-014-9907-4

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

Lindsay E. Holly, Michelle Little, Armando Pina, Linda C. Caterino

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	297-309
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Volume	43
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-014-9907-4
State	Published - Feb 2014

Keywords

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

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Developmental and Educational Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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