TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale's obsessive compulsive subscale in a clinical and community sample
AU - Whiteside, Stephen P.H.
AU - Gryczkowski, Michelle R.
AU - Biggs, Bridget K.
AU - Fagen, Renee
AU - Owusu, Desmond
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - This study describes the validation of the obsessive compulsive subscale on the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS OCD) for use as a clinical assessment tool. Data from 196 anxious children (102 males, ages 7-18) and their parent collected during a diagnostic assessment were compared to data from 420 children (206 males, ages 8-13) from the community collected by mail. The validity of the SCAS OCD parent- and child-report forms were supported by correlations with the Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale and continuous OCD symptom variables from the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule: Child Version. In addition, children with OCD were found to have higher scores on the SCAS OCD subscale than patients without OCD and children from the community without a reported anxiety diagnosis. The sensitivity of the SCAS OCD to treatment effects was also demonstrated in a subset of the clinical sample that received exposure and response prevention therapy. Finally, cut-scores were identified that examine the sensitivity and predictive utility of the scales.
AB - This study describes the validation of the obsessive compulsive subscale on the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS OCD) for use as a clinical assessment tool. Data from 196 anxious children (102 males, ages 7-18) and their parent collected during a diagnostic assessment were compared to data from 420 children (206 males, ages 8-13) from the community collected by mail. The validity of the SCAS OCD parent- and child-report forms were supported by correlations with the Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale and continuous OCD symptom variables from the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule: Child Version. In addition, children with OCD were found to have higher scores on the SCAS OCD subscale than patients without OCD and children from the community without a reported anxiety diagnosis. The sensitivity of the SCAS OCD to treatment effects was also demonstrated in a subset of the clinical sample that received exposure and response prevention therapy. Finally, cut-scores were identified that examine the sensitivity and predictive utility of the scales.
KW - Anxiety disorders
KW - Assessment
KW - Children
KW - Obsessive-compulsive disorder
KW - Positive predictive power
KW - Spence Children's Anxiety Scale
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U2 - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.10.002
DO - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.10.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 22078243
AN - SCOPUS:84855504343
SN - 0887-6185
VL - 26
SP - 111
EP - 116
JO - Journal of anxiety disorders
JF - Journal of anxiety disorders
IS - 1
ER -