Reliability and convergent validity of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index in children and adolescents
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and the convergent validity of the Children Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI) with DSM-IV anxiety disorder symptoms, by comparison with the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), in a community sample of Brazi...
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| author | Luciano Isolan Giovanni Salum Suzielle Menezes Flores Hudson W. de Carvalho Gisele Gus Manfro |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and the convergent validity of the Children Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI) with DSM-IV anxiety disorder symptoms, by comparison with the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), in a community sample of Brazilian children and adolescents. METHODS: Children and adolescents from five schools were selected from a larger study that aimed to assess different aspects of childhood anxiety disorders. All participants completed the CASI and the SCARED. RESULTS: This study supported the reliability of the CASI total score. Girls reported higher total anxiety sensitivity scores than boys and there were no differences in total anxiety sensitivity scores between children and adolescents. This study showed moderate to high correlations between the CASI scores with SCARED scores, all correlations coefficients being positive and significant. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate an appropriate reliability and evidence of convergent validity in the CASI in a sample of Brazilian children and adolescents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8cb7c5b0dd77492bad219aa4aeff86702022-12-21T21:56:51ZengUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroJornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria1982-02082012-01-0161419319810.1590/S0047-20852012000400001S0047-20852012000400001Reliability and convergent validity of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index in children and adolescentsLuciano Isolan0Giovanni Salum1Suzielle Menezes Flores2Hudson W. de Carvalho3Gisele Gus Manfro4Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulUniversidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulOBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and the convergent validity of the Children Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI) with DSM-IV anxiety disorder symptoms, by comparison with the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED), in a community sample of Brazilian children and adolescents. METHODS: Children and adolescents from five schools were selected from a larger study that aimed to assess different aspects of childhood anxiety disorders. All participants completed the CASI and the SCARED. RESULTS: This study supported the reliability of the CASI total score. Girls reported higher total anxiety sensitivity scores than boys and there were no differences in total anxiety sensitivity scores between children and adolescents. This study showed moderate to high correlations between the CASI scores with SCARED scores, all correlations coefficients being positive and significant. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate an appropriate reliability and evidence of convergent validity in the CASI in a sample of Brazilian children and adolescents.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0047-20852012000400001&lng=en&tlng=enAnsiedadesensibilidade à ansiedadecriançasadolescentes |
| spellingShingle | Luciano Isolan Giovanni Salum Suzielle Menezes Flores Hudson W. de Carvalho Gisele Gus Manfro Reliability and convergent validity of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index in children and adolescents Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria Ansiedade sensibilidade à ansiedade crianças adolescentes |
| title | Reliability and convergent validity of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index in children and adolescents |
| title_full | Reliability and convergent validity of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index in children and adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Reliability and convergent validity of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index in children and adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reliability and convergent validity of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index in children and adolescents |
| title_short | Reliability and convergent validity of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index in children and adolescents |
| title_sort | reliability and convergent validity of the childhood anxiety sensitivity index in children and adolescents |
| topic | Ansiedade sensibilidade à ansiedade crianças adolescentes |
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