Assessment of anxiety in children and adolescents: a comparative study on the validity and reliability of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale in children and adolescents with anxiety and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Ramona Toscano; Andrew J. Baillie; Heidi J. Lyneham; Anna Kelly; Theresa Kidd; Jennifer L. Hudson

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2019.09.055

Assessment of anxiety in children and adolescents: a comparative study on the validity and reliability of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale in children and adolescents with anxiety and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Ramona Toscano, Andrew J. Baillie, Heidi J. Lyneham, Anna Kelly, Theresa Kidd, Jennifer L. Hudson^*

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Centre for Emotional Health (CEH)

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OBJECTIVE: The present study assessed the utility of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale - Parent Form (SCAS-P) across parents of children with (i) anxiety and (ii) Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

METHOD: Parents of children aged 7-18 years with anxiety or ASD completed the SCAS-P. Multiple indicator multiple cause (MIMIC) structural equation modelling was utilized to analyse the data.

RESULTS: Analysis revealed different factor structures between the Anxious and ASD groups and evidence for measurement variance across groups in some parts of the SCAS-P.

CONCLUSION: Results on the SCAS-P in children with ASD need to be interpreted with caution. Some SCAS-P items cannot be interpreted in the same way in an ASD population compared to neurotypical children with anxiety.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	569-576
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume	260
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.09.055
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020

Keywords

anxiety
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
assessment
children
adolescents

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Toscano, R., Baillie, A. J., Lyneham, H. J., Kelly, A., Kidd, T., & Hudson, J. L. (2020). Assessment of anxiety in children and adolescents: a comparative study on the validity and reliability of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale in children and adolescents with anxiety and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 260, 569-576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.09.055

Toscano, Ramona ; Baillie, Andrew J. ; Lyneham, Heidi J. ; Kelly, Anna ; Kidd, Theresa ; Hudson, Jennifer L. / Assessment of anxiety in children and adolescents : a comparative study on the validity and reliability of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale in children and adolescents with anxiety and Autism Spectrum Disorder. In: Journal of Affective Disorders. 2020 ; Vol. 260. pp. 569-576.

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Toscano, R, Baillie, AJ , Lyneham, HJ, Kelly, A, Kidd, T & Hudson, JL 2020, 'Assessment of anxiety in children and adolescents: a comparative study on the validity and reliability of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale in children and adolescents with anxiety and Autism Spectrum Disorder', Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 260, pp. 569-576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.09.055

Assessment of anxiety in children and adolescents : a comparative study on the validity and reliability of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale in children and adolescents with anxiety and Autism Spectrum Disorder. / Toscano, Ramona; Baillie, Andrew J.; Lyneham, Heidi J.; Kelly, Anna; Kidd, Theresa; Hudson, Jennifer L.

In: Journal of Affective Disorders, Vol. 260, 01.01.2020, p. 569-576.

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Toscano R, Baillie AJ , Lyneham HJ, Kelly A, Kidd T, Hudson JL. Assessment of anxiety in children and adolescents: a comparative study on the validity and reliability of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale in children and adolescents with anxiety and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2020 Jan 1;260:569-576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.09.055

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