Focus Area: Anxiety
Overview: The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED) is a 41-question screener asking children about their symptoms of anxiety disorders. Anxiety is common in children and this measure is valuable in identifying levels of anxiety and possible causes of the anxiety to deal with it as early and as quickly as possible. This measure looks at four aspects of anxiety: 1. panic/somatic, 2. separation anxiety, 3. generalized anxiety, and 4. school phobia.
Total number of items: 41
Administration: Self-report
Standardized cadence: Every 2 weeks in Blueprint
Estimated completion time: Ten minutes
Supported subscales: 1. Panic/Somatic, 2. Generalized Anxiety, 3. Separation, 4. Social, 5. School Avoidance
Age range: Children ages 8-18
Scoring and interpretation: Answers are scored on a 3-point Likert scale with 0 for "Not true or hardly ever true," 1 for "Somewhat true or sometimes true," or 2 for "Very true or often true." Total scores range from 0 to 82. A total score of 25 or higher is associated with a possible presence of an anxiety disorder.
In addition, there are five subscales:
SCORING
Panic Disorder or Significant Somatic Symptoms: 1, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 19, 22, 24, 27, 30, 34, 38
A total score of 7 or higher may indicate a clinically significant symptoms
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: 5, 7, 14, 21, 23, 28, 33, 35, 37
A total score of 9 or higher may indicate a clinically significant symptoms
Separation Anxiety Disorder: 4, 8, 13, 16, 20, 25, 29, 31
A total score of 5 or higher may indicate a clinically significant symptoms
Social Anxiety Disorder: 3, 10, 26, 32, 39, 40, 41
A total score of 8 or higher may indicate a clinically significant symptoms
Significant School Avoidance: 2, 11, 17, 36
A total score of 3 or higher may indicate a clinically significant symptoms
For a helpful table guide for scoring the subscales, see the first link below.
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