@article{372, keywords = {adolesc ents, Anxiety, article, Children, Psychometric properties}, author = {Eduardo Doval and Marc Martínez and Edelmira Doménech-Llaberia}, title = {Evidences of psychometric quality of the Spanish 41-item Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorder}, abstract = {The aim of the study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the SCARED (41 item version), a self-report scale devised to detect symptoms of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. The study was carried out on a sample of 487 pupils aged between 9 and 17, who were administered a socioeconomic questionnaire and the Spanish versions of the STAIC and SCARED. Our results support the five-factor structure of the SCARED, as the authors pointed out in their original work. Four factors have been identified as anxiety disorders in DSM-IV and the fifth as School Phobia. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient as a whole was .83 and scale reliability ranged between .44 and .72. These values remain stable over time (test-retest correlations between .55 and .76). Concurrent validity with the STAIC performed as expected: for the trait scale correlations between .35 and .60 and for the state scale between .13 and .28. This Spanish version of the SCARED may be considered a good instrument for the early detection of anxiety symptoms and disorders in Spanish-speaking children and adolescent populations.}, year = {2011}, journal = {Ansiedad y Estrés}, volume = {17}, number = {2-3}, pages = {199-210}, month = {06/2011}, publisher = {Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés}, issn = {1134-7937}, isbn = {2174-0437}, }