Spanish Validation of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factorial structure and psychometric properties of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) in a sample of 1,708 Spanish children aged between 8 and 12 years. The SCAS was demonstrated to have satisfactory internal consistency with the Spanish sample, and factor analysis confirmed the six-factor original model. Convergent validity was supported by correlations with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children and the welfare dimension of the Child Health and Illness Profile-Children Edition. Low correlations between the SCAS and the Children's Depression Inventory supported the divergent validity. Analysis suggested that anxiety scores decrease with age, and girls reported higher scores than boys. Overall, the SCAS was shown to have good psychometric properties for use with Spanish children by clinicians and researchers.

Confirmatory factor analysis and psychometric properties of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale−30 (RCADS-30) in clinical and non-clinical samples

“…Scale's validity and reliability to assess anxiety, depression, and potential suicide have been shown for both community/ school (García-Olcina et al, 2014) and clinical samples (García-Olcina, Rivera-Riquelme, Cantó-Diez, Tomás-Berenguer, Bustamante, & Piqueras, 2017), with alpha values ranging between .87 and .91 (total scores) and between .67 and -.94 (for the subscales) (Garcia-Olcina et al, 2014;. Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS; Orgilés, Méndez, Spence, Huedo-Medina, & Espada, 2012). We used the specifi c phobia subscale (physical injury fears) consisting of fi ve items with 4 response alternatives (0 = never, 1 = sometimes, 2 = often, and 3 = always).…”

Psychometric properties of the child and parent versions of Spence Children's Anxiety Scale in a Danish community and clinical sample

“…* p < .001. Sasagawa, et al, 2011;Li et al, 2011), robust maximum likelihood (MLR) (Nauta et al, 2004), and maximum likelihood (ML) (Orgilés et al, 2012), while borderline adequate model fit indices have also been found using least squares estimation (Muris et al, 2000) and…”

Psychometric Properties of Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS)

“…The value of Cronbach's alpha in the adaptation of the adult form of the scale into Spanish was .89 (Orgiles, Mendez, Spence, Medina & Espada, 2012); the adaptation into Iranian was .92 (Essau, Olaya, Pasha, O'Challaga & Bray, 2012); the adaptation into German was .92 (Essau, Muris & Ederer, 2002); the adaptation into Greek was.90 (Mellon & Moutavelis, 2007); the adaptation into Japanese was .88 (Ishikawa, Oota, & Sakano, 2001) and the adaptation into South African was .92 (Muris, Schmidt, Engelbrecht, & Perold, 2002). The Guttman split-half value was reported to be .90 in the German adaptation study (Essau, Muris & Ederer, 2002).…”