Spence Children's Anxiety Scale.
SCAS
- What it measures
- Child anxiety across 6 domains: Separation Anxiety, Social Phobia, Obsessive-Compulsive, Panic/Agoraphobia, Physical Injury Fears, Generalized Anxiety
- Length and format
- 44 (38 anxiety + 6 positive fillers); parent version 38; preschool version 28-34. 4-point frequency (never to always) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Many languages (the SCAS website lists numerous official translations - dozens)
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- copyrighted - author permission
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- Reference
- Spence, S. H. (1998). A measure of anxiety symptoms among children. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 36(5), 545-566. (https://www.scaswebsite.com)
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