Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Korean version of the screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders (SCARED)

Jiyoon Shin; Kyung Hwa Lee; Soon-Beom Hong; Jung Lee; Chi-Hyun Choi; Ji Youn Han; Seong Hae Kim; Da Eun Suh; Soo-Churl Cho; Ji-Hyeon Kim

doi:10.1186/s12888-020-02505-3

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Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Korean version of the screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders (SCARED)

Jiyoon Shin Kyung Hwa Lee Soon-Beom Hong Jung Lee

Chi-Hyun Choi Ji Youn Han Seong Hae Kim Da Eun Suh

Soo-Churl Cho Ji-Hyeon Kim

BMC Psychiatry Vol. 20 No. 1 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Abstract

Abstract
Background
The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Korean version of Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) on a sample of Korean youths and to examine the cross-cultural differences in adolescents’ anxiety.

Methods
Our study included 147 adolescents (ages 12–17, 92 girls), 93 with major depressive disorder and 54 as controls. Participants were evaluated using the Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL), SCARED, Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Disruptive Behavioral Disorder Scale (DBD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale (ADHD-RS). Pearson’s r and Cronbach’s α values of the SCARED were calculated, and exploratory factor analysis was conducted.

Results
The Korean SCARED scores were correlated with the total anxiety scores of K-SADS-PL (r = 0.74) and the CBCL anxious/depressed subscale scores (r = 0.35). Results showed a five-factor structure with good internal consistency, in which some items were loaded on different factors compared to previous studies.

Conclusions
The Korean SCARED demonstrated promising psychometric properties, and could be a valid scale for screening anxiety symptoms in primary care. The fact that different items comprised the factors may reflect the cultural difference between United States and Korea in experiencing anxiety.

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Published: Feb 28, 2020
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Department of Architectural Engineering, Daejeon University, Daejeon 34520, Korea

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Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning Award: NRF-2015R1A2A2A01004501

Seoul National University

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Jiyoon Shin, Kyung Hwa Lee, Soon-Beom Hong, et al. (2020). Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Korean version of the screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders (SCARED). BMC Psychiatry, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02505-3

Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Korean version of the screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders (SCARED)

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