Psychometric Properties of Scared-C Scale in a Romanian Community Sample and Its Future Utility for Dental Practice
The psychological management of children and adolescents in need of pedodontics or orthodontic treatments continues to be an essential objective in dental activity because along with the accuracy of the techniques that are used, anxiety reduction, and knowledge of how to approach the patient are nec...
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| author | Sorana-Maria Bucur Adela Moraru Beata Adamovits Eugen Silviu Bud Cristian Doru Olteanu Luminița Ligia Vaida |
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| description | The psychological management of children and adolescents in need of pedodontics or orthodontic treatments continues to be an essential objective in dental activity because along with the accuracy of the techniques that are used, anxiety reduction, and knowledge of how to approach the patient are necessary for the treatment to be successful. Therefore, our study aimed to validate the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders questionnaire, the child version of 41 items (SCARED-C) in the Romanian population for later use in pediatric dentistry. The instrument showed moderate to good internal consistency (α Cronbach from 0.63 to 0.91 for the total scale) and good test–retest reliability (0.70) on a subset of a sample comprising 85 children. A confirmatory factorial analysis (CFA) was conducted to test the factor structure of the Romanian version of the SCARED-C; the results showed that SCARED-C has good psychometric properties that can be used for screening anxiety in Romanian children and adolescents. The implications of using the SCARED-C in dental practice are discussed. Future studies need to be conducted to explore the convergent and discriminative validity of the instrument and its sensitivity to current DSM-V criteria. Application on a pediatric dental sample is also required. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57be87eac9a149d49a22c8d013286e302023-11-23T13:20:48ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672022-01-01913410.3390/children9010034Psychometric Properties of Scared-C Scale in a Romanian Community Sample and Its Future Utility for Dental PracticeSorana-Maria Bucur0Adela Moraru1Beata Adamovits2Eugen Silviu Bud3Cristian Doru Olteanu4Luminița Ligia Vaida5Faculty of Medicine, Dimitrie Cantemir University, 540545 Târgu-Mureș, RomaniaFaculty of Psychology, Dimitrie Cantemir University, 540545 Târgu-Mureș, RomaniaFaculty of Psychology, Dimitrie Cantemir University, 540545 Târgu-Mureș, RomaniaFaculty of Dental Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Science and Technology George Emil Palade, 540139 Târgu-Mureș, RomaniaFaculty of Dental Medicine, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaDepartment of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, RomaniaThe psychological management of children and adolescents in need of pedodontics or orthodontic treatments continues to be an essential objective in dental activity because along with the accuracy of the techniques that are used, anxiety reduction, and knowledge of how to approach the patient are necessary for the treatment to be successful. Therefore, our study aimed to validate the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders questionnaire, the child version of 41 items (SCARED-C) in the Romanian population for later use in pediatric dentistry. The instrument showed moderate to good internal consistency (α Cronbach from 0.63 to 0.91 for the total scale) and good test–retest reliability (0.70) on a subset of a sample comprising 85 children. A confirmatory factorial analysis (CFA) was conducted to test the factor structure of the Romanian version of the SCARED-C; the results showed that SCARED-C has good psychometric properties that can be used for screening anxiety in Romanian children and adolescents. The implications of using the SCARED-C in dental practice are discussed. Future studies need to be conducted to explore the convergent and discriminative validity of the instrument and its sensitivity to current DSM-V criteria. Application on a pediatric dental sample is also required.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/1/34child anxiety disordersscreeningSCARED-Cpsychometricsdental practice |
| spellingShingle | Sorana-Maria Bucur Adela Moraru Beata Adamovits Eugen Silviu Bud Cristian Doru Olteanu Luminița Ligia Vaida Psychometric Properties of Scared-C Scale in a Romanian Community Sample and Its Future Utility for Dental Practice Children child anxiety disorders screening SCARED-C psychometrics dental practice |
| title | Psychometric Properties of Scared-C Scale in a Romanian Community Sample and Its Future Utility for Dental Practice |
| title_full | Psychometric Properties of Scared-C Scale in a Romanian Community Sample and Its Future Utility for Dental Practice |
| title_fullStr | Psychometric Properties of Scared-C Scale in a Romanian Community Sample and Its Future Utility for Dental Practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric Properties of Scared-C Scale in a Romanian Community Sample and Its Future Utility for Dental Practice |
| title_short | Psychometric Properties of Scared-C Scale in a Romanian Community Sample and Its Future Utility for Dental Practice |
| title_sort | psychometric properties of scared c scale in a romanian community sample and its future utility for dental practice |
| topic | child anxiety disorders screening SCARED-C psychometrics dental practice |
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