TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing Anxiety in Youth with the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children
AU - Wei, Chiaying
AU - Hoff, Alexandra
AU - Villabø, Marianne A.
AU - Peterman, Jeremy
AU - Kendall, Philip C.
AU - Piacentini, John
AU - McCracken, James
AU - Walkup, John T.
AU - Albano, Anne Marie
AU - Rynn, Moira
AU - Sherrill, Joel
AU - Sakolsky, Dara
AU - Birmaher, Boris
AU - Ginsburg, Golda
AU - Keeton, Courtney
AU - Gosch, Elizabeth
AU - Compton, Scott N.
AU - March, John
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by NIMH grant (MH063747) awarded to Philip C. Kendall. Views expressed within this article represent those of the authors and are not intended to represent the position of NIMH, NIH, or DHHS. Correspondence should be addressed to Chiaying Wei, Department of Psychology, Weiss Hall, Temple University, 1701 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19087. E-mail: chiaying.wei@temple.edu or pkendall@temple.edu
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - The present study examined the psychometric properties, including discriminant validity and clinical utility, of the youth self-report and parent-report forms of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC) among youth with anxiety disorders. The sample included parents and youth (N = 488, 49.6% male) ages 7 to 17 who participated in the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study. Although the typical low agreement between parent and youth self-reports was found, the MASC evidenced good internal reliability across MASC subscales and informants. The main MASC subscales (i.e., Physical Symptoms, Harm Avoidance, Social Anxiety, and Separation/Panic) were examined. The Social Anxiety and Separation/Panic subscales were found to be significantly predictive of the presence and severity of social phobia and separation anxiety disorder, respectively. Using multiple informants improved the accuracy of prediction. The MASC subscales demonstrated good psychometric properties and clinical utilities in identifying youth with anxiety disorders.
AB - The present study examined the psychometric properties, including discriminant validity and clinical utility, of the youth self-report and parent-report forms of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC) among youth with anxiety disorders. The sample included parents and youth (N = 488, 49.6% male) ages 7 to 17 who participated in the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study. Although the typical low agreement between parent and youth self-reports was found, the MASC evidenced good internal reliability across MASC subscales and informants. The main MASC subscales (i.e., Physical Symptoms, Harm Avoidance, Social Anxiety, and Separation/Panic) were examined. The Social Anxiety and Separation/Panic subscales were found to be significantly predictive of the presence and severity of social phobia and separation anxiety disorder, respectively. Using multiple informants improved the accuracy of prediction. The MASC subscales demonstrated good psychometric properties and clinical utilities in identifying youth with anxiety disorders.
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U2 - 10.1080/15374416.2013.814541
DO - 10.1080/15374416.2013.814541
M3 - Article
C2 - 23845036
AN - SCOPUS:84904381689
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 43
SP - 566
EP - 578
JO - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
IS - 4
ER -