Perrin S, Last C G
Department of Psychology, Nova University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1992 Dec;20(6):567-78. doi: 10.1007/BF00911241.
The Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised (FSSC-R), Revised-Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS), and the Modified State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC-M) are three widely used self-report measures of childhood anxiety. While previous studies have established the reliability of these measures, their validity in discriminating anxious from non-anxious youngsters remains to be established. The present study examines the discriminant validity of the three measures by comparing clinic referred samples of boys with an anxiety disorder (n = 105) or ADHD (n = 59) with a community sample of never-psychiatrically-ill boys (n = 49). Results indicated that the two patient groups differed significantly from the never-psychiatrically-ill group on the RCMAS and STAIC-M, but the anxious and ADHD groups did not differ from each other. None of the three groups differed on the FSSC-R. The implications of these findings for the assessment of childhood anxiety disorders are discussed.
儿童恐惧调查表修订版（FSSC-R）、修订版儿童显性焦虑量表（RCMAS）以及修订版儿童状态-特质焦虑量表（STAIC-M）是三种广泛使用的儿童焦虑自陈量表。虽然先前的研究已经确立了这些量表的信度，但其在区分焦虑儿童与非焦虑儿童方面的效度仍有待确立。本研究通过比较临床转介的患有焦虑症的男孩样本（n = 105）或多动症的男孩样本（n = 59）与从未患过精神疾病的社区男孩样本（n = 49），来检验这三种量表的区分效度。结果表明，在RCMAS和STAIC-M上，两个患者组与从未患过精神疾病的组有显著差异，但焦虑组和多动症组之间没有差异。三组在FSSC-R上没有差异。本文讨论了这些发现对儿童焦虑症评估的意义。
