The Validity of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders Revised (SCARED-R) Scale and Sub-Scales in Swedish Youth

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 234-243

  Ivarsson, Tord ^a   Skarphedinsson, Gudmundur ^b   Andersson, Markus ^c,d   Jarbin, Håkan ^c,d  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Halland Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Concurrent validity; Discriminant validity; LEAD diagnosis; Parent rating scale; Self rating scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85026487003     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: 15733327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-017-0746-8     Document Type: Article

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