Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e37339. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037339. Epub 2012 May 23.
Early identification of anxiety among youth is required to prevent them from going unrecognised and untreated by mental health professionals. A precise identification of the young person's primary difficulty is also required to guide treatment programs. Availability of a valid and easily administrable assessment tool is crucial for identifying youth suffering from anxiety disorders. The purpose of the present study was therefore to examine the psychometric properties of the Danish version of the Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS). A total of 667 youth from community schools (4(th) through 9(th) grade) across Denmark participated in the study. The psychometric properties of the RCADS-(DAN) resembled those reported in US and Europe. Within scale reliability was excellent with Chronbach's alpha of.96. All subscales also showed good to excellent internal reliability. The study provides convincing evidence that the RCADS-(DAN) is a valid assessment tool for screening anxiety in Danish youth.
早期识别青少年的焦虑症十分必要,以免其得不到心理健康专业人士的认可和治疗。为了指导治疗方案,还需要准确识别年轻人的主要困难。有效的、易于管理的评估工具对于识别患有焦虑症的年轻人至关重要。因此,本研究的目的是检验丹麦版修订版儿童焦虑抑郁量表(RCADS)的心理测量特性。丹麦全国社区学校(4 至 9 年级)的 667 名青少年参加了这项研究。RCADS-(DAN)的心理测量特性与美国和欧洲报告的相似。量表内信度极好,Chronbach 的 alpha 系数为 0.96。所有分量表也显示出良好到极好的内部一致性。该研究提供了令人信服的证据,表明 RCADS-(DAN)是一种有效的丹麦青少年焦虑症筛查评估工具。