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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Esbjørn, Barbara Hoff
• Sømhovd, Mikael Julius
• Turnstedt, Clara
• Reinholdt-Dunne, Marie Louise
• Scott, James G.

Titel

Assessing the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) in a national sample of Danish youth aged 8-16 years

Ist Teil von

• PloS one, 2012-05, Vol.7 (5), p.e37339-e37339

Ort / Verlag

United States: Public Library of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Early identification of anxiety among youth is required to prevent them from going unrecognised and untreated by mental health professionals. A precise identification of the young person's primary difficulty is also required to guide treatment programs. Availability of a valid and easily administrable assessment tool is crucial for identifying youth suffering from anxiety disorders. The purpose of the present study was therefore to examine the psychometric properties of the Danish version of the Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS). A total of 667 youth from community schools (4(th) through 9(th) grade) across Denmark participated in the study. The psychometric properties of the RCADS-(DAN) resembled those reported in US and Europe. Within scale reliability was excellent with Chronbach's alpha of.96. All subscales also showed good to excellent internal reliability. The study provides convincing evidence that the RCADS-(DAN) is a valid assessment tool for screening anxiety in Danish youth.