Validation of the Visual Analogue Scale for Anxiety-Revised and school refusal across anxiety profiles

Fernández-Sogorb, Aitana; Inglés, Cándido J.; Sanmartín, Ricardo; Gonzálvez, Carolina; Vicent, María; García-Fernández, y José Manuel

doi:10.1016/j.ijchp.2018.07.002

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“…The study of anxiety profiles in the Spanish children population is reduced to two works in the literature. Both shared the use of the Spanish version of the Visual Analogue Scale for Anxiety-Revised (VAA-R) [31]. The peculiarity of this scale is that it allows for differentiation between generalized anxiety (GA) and forms of anxiety developed in the school setting: anticipatory anxiety (AA) and school-based performance anxiety (SA).…”

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Latent Profiles of Anxious Children and Their Differences in Aggressive Behavior

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Children tend to develop forms of anxiety that can be associated with school violence. However, the previous scientific literature on anxiety and aggression is scarce. In addition, it has only focused on examining differential relationships between both variables. This study aimed to analyze the relationships between three forms of anxiety (anticipatory anxiety, school-based performance anxiety, and generalized anxiety) and the components of aggression (physical and verbal aggression, anger, and hostility) by adopting a person-centered approach. The sample consisted of 1161 Spanish students from 8 to 11 years old (M = 9.72, SD = 1.14); 46.2% were boys. Informed written consent from the parents or legal guardians was obtained. The Visual Analogue Scale for Anxiety—Revised and the Aggression Questionnaire were used. The latent profile analysis technique identified three profiles of anxious children: Low Anxiety, High School-based Performance Anxiety, and High Anxiety. The High Anxiety group scored significantly higher than the Low Anxiety group in all components of aggression, with effect sizes ranging from moderate to large (d = 0.59 to 0.99). The High Anxiety profile showed significantly higher scores than the high school-based performance anxiety profile only in anger (d = 0.56) and hostility (d = 0.44). The results have relevant implications for practice, since there is evidence that different intervention strategies should be applied according to the risk profile.

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“…Due to the fact that some anxiety symptoms are normal in children’s development, distinguishing between normal and pathologic symptoms may not be easy (Costello et al, 2011). Reliable instruments have been designed to assess general anxiety in children, such as the Visual Analog Scale for Anxiety–Revised (VAA-R; Fernández-Sogorb et al, 2018) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-C; Spielberger, 1973), but developing measures that can distinguish between different anxiety problems is also necessary (Esbjørn, Hoeyer, Dyrborg, Leth, & Kendall, 2010). Among the available instruments to assess childhood anxiety are the Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS; Reynolds & Richmond, 1985), the Fear Survey Schedule for Children (FSSC-R; Ollendick, 1983), and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED; Muris, Merckelbach, Schmidt, & Mayer, 1999).…”

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Validation of the parent report version of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS-P) for Spanish children

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Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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Although Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS) is a widely used anxiety measure in many countries around the world, until now, research has barely focused on the usefulness of the parent version (SCAS-P) in young children. This study examines the psychometric properties and the factor structure of the SCAS-P in a Spanish community sample of 181 children aged 6–8 years ( M = 6.87, SD = 0.78). Confirmatory factor analysis showed a good fit of the original six-factor model to the Spanish sample. The internal consistency and the test–retest reliability of the scale were high. Regarding the validity of this measure, higher and significant correlations between the SCAS-P and internalizing problems and lower correlations with externalizing problems were obtained, as found in the original version. Girls seemed to show more anxiety problems than boys, but no significant differences were found. The results suggest that the SCAS-P is an adequate measure to assess anxious symptomatology in young children. The availability of measures with good psychometric properties allows psychologists to assess and carry out a correct and early diagnosis of anxiety disorders in children, making possible an early clinical intervention.

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“…Third, behavioral family accommodation can have important implications in the course and maintenance of a child's OCD (Lebowitz, 2016, Wu and Storch, 2016). Finally, the fact that the parents participate as co-therapists and carry out the exposure tasks at home allows us to come closer to ideal treatment as this contributes both to generalizing and maintaining achievements (Fernández-Sogorb et al, 2018, Kreuze et al, 2018, Stewart et al, 2017).…”

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Family involvement and treatment for young children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Randomized control study

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Alcázar

Olivares-Olivares

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International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

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() Background/Objective The aim of this paper was to evaluate the diferential efficacy of cognitive behavioral family treatment in children under 8 years of age with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in the reduction of obsessive-compulsive responses and secondary outcomes in three treatment conditions: (a) Treatment of parents and child, (b) Treatment of mother and child, and (c) Treatment of mother. Method Forty-four children with obsessive-compulsive disorder, aged 5.2-7.9 years old and their parents, were randomized to one of three groups in a 1:1:1 ratio. Seventy-five percent was male and 100% Caucasian (White-European). Treatment involved 12 individual sessions of is Cognitive-Behavioral Family-Based Treatment delivered. Results The three conditions produced clinical improvements in post-test and follow-up in the primary (symptom severity OCD) and secondary outcomes. The results showed no intergroup differences in variables related to OCD symptom severity, although statistically significant differences were found in groups in Internalizing and Externalizing problem, mother and fathers accomodation. Conclusions The most efficient condition was that including a greater number of family members even when there was high family accommodation. The direct involvement of the child in the psychological treatment was important in achieving better results.

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Validation of the Visual Analogue Scale for Anxiety-Revised and school refusal across anxiety profiles

Cited by 27 publications

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Latent Profiles of Anxious Children and Their Differences in Aggressive Behavior

Latent Profiles of Anxious Children and Their Differences in Aggressive Behavior

Validation of the parent report version of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS-P) for Spanish children

Family involvement and treatment for young children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Randomized control study

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