Department of Health Psychology, Miguel Hernández University, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, 03202 Elche, Alicante, Spain.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2012 Apr;43(2):271-81. doi: 10.1007/s10578-011-0265-y.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factorial structure and psychometric properties of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) in a sample of 1,708 Spanish children aged between 8 and 12 years. The SCAS was demonstrated to have satisfactory internal consistency with the Spanish sample, and factor analysis confirmed the six-factor original model. Convergent validity was supported by correlations with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children and the welfare dimension of the Child Health and Illness Profile-Children Edition. Low correlations between the SCAS and the Children's Depression Inventory supported the divergent validity. Analysis suggested that anxiety scores decrease with age, and girls reported higher scores than boys. Overall, the SCAS was shown to have good psychometric properties for use with Spanish children by clinicians and researchers.
本研究旨在调查 Spence 儿童焦虑量表（SCAS）在 1708 名 8 至 12 岁西班牙儿童样本中的因子结构和心理测量特性。研究结果表明，SCAS 具有令人满意的内部一致性，且因子分析证实了该量表具有六个因素的原始模型。与儿童状态-特质焦虑量表和儿童健康和疾病概况-儿童版的福利维度的相关性支持了其聚合效度。SCAS 与儿童抑郁量表之间的低相关性支持了其区分效度。分析表明，焦虑得分随年龄的增长而降低，女孩的得分高于男孩。总的来说，SCAS 具有良好的心理测量特性，可供临床医生和研究人员用于西班牙儿童。
