The Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale-Short Version: Scale reduction via exploratory bifactor modeling of the broad anxiety factor

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 833-845

  Ebesutani, Chad ^a   Reise, Steven P ^b   Chorpita, Bruce F ^b   Ale, Chelsea ^c   Regan, Jennifer ^b   Young, John ^d   Charmaine, Higa McMillan ^e   Weisz, John R ^f  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Exploratory bifactor analysis; Measurement efficiency; RCADS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; EXPLORATORY BIFACTOR MODELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVISED CHILD ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; REVISED CHILD ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE SHORT VERSION; SCHMID LEIMAN EXPLORATORY BIFACTOR ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84860886860     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027283     Document Type: Article

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