Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of Spence Children's Anxiety Scale in Iranian Adolescents.

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q3 PSYCHIATRY Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry Pub Date : 2023-10-01 Epub Date: 2022-12-16 DOI:10.1177/13591045221112467

Sepideh Hoseini, Meysam Sadeghi, Kaveh Qaderi Bagajan, Zahra Asl Soleimani, Mahdi Jafari, Shadi Zolfaghari

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The Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) is a tool for measuring anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents. In this study, the psychometric properties of the Persian version of SCAS were investigated in an Iranian adolescents. This study was conducted on a sample of 684 adolescents. For standardization of SCAS, first- and second-order confirmatory factor analyses wereperformed. Also, to evaluate convergent and divergent validity, Fornell and Larcker criteria (1994), along with the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS)and Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), was used. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was also performedto determine the cut-off point. The model fit of the correlated six-factor model was good however, a second-order model provided a statistically superior fit to the data. The reliability coefficients for the total scale and its dimensions were satisfactory (α > 0.7). Therefore, it can be concluded that the Persian version of SCAS has acceptable reliability and validity and can be used as a useful tool for early screening of anxiety in Iranian adolescents due to its easy use and specific design for children and adolescents.

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波斯版Spence儿童焦虑量表在伊朗青少年中的心理测量特性评估。

Spence儿童焦虑量表（SCAS）是一种测量儿童和青少年焦虑症状的工具。在这项研究中，对一名伊朗青少年的波斯版SCAS的心理测量特性进行了调查。这项研究以684名青少年为样本进行。为了规范SCAS，进行了一阶和二阶验证性因素分析。此外，为了评估收敛和发散的有效性，使用了Fornell和Larcker标准（1994），以及修订的儿童明显焦虑量表（RCMAS）和儿童抑郁量表（CDI）。还进行了受试者工作特性（ROC）曲线分析，以确定截止点。相关六因子模型的模型拟合良好，然而，二阶模型在统计上提供了优于数据的拟合。总量表及其维度的信度系数令人满意（α>0.7）。因此，可以得出结论，波斯语版SCAS具有可接受的信度和有效性，由于其易于使用且专为儿童和青少年设计，可以作为伊朗青少年焦虑症早期筛查的有用工具。

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Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry PSYCHIATRY-PSYCHOLOGY

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