Qadir Farah, Maqsood Aneela, Us-Sahar Najam, Bukhtawer Nadia, Khalid Amna, Pauli Regina, Gilvarry Catherine, Medhin Girmay, Essau Cecilia A
a Fatima Jinnah Women's University.
b University of Roehampton.
Behav Med. 2018 Apr-Jun;44(2):100-107. doi: 10.1080/08964289.2016.1276427. Epub 2017 Mar 3.
Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) is one of the most commonly used self-report questionnaires to measure symptoms of anxiety disorders in adolescents. Despite its common use, studies that examine the psychometric properties of SCAS in Pakistan is lacking. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Urdu translated version of the SCAS among adolescents in Pakistan. A total of 1277 students (708 boys and 569 girls), aged 13 to17 years, who had been recruited from 13 schools in Rawalpindi, Pakistan participated in the study. The mean overall anxiety score was significantly higher in girls than males on all the SCAS subscales except for obsessive compulsive disorder. The internal consistency of the Urdu SCAS was good. Confirmatory factor analyses supported six separate factor structures. Results of the study are discussed with reference to the sociocultural milieu of Pakistan and culture sensitive conceptualization of anxiety and its subtypes.
斯彭斯儿童焦虑量表（SCAS）是测量青少年焦虑症症状最常用的自陈式问卷之一。尽管它被广泛使用，但在巴基斯坦检验SCAS心理测量特性的研究却很缺乏。因此，本研究的目的是检验巴基斯坦青少年中SCAS乌尔都语翻译版本的心理测量特性。共有1277名年龄在13至17岁的学生（708名男生和569名女生）参与了该研究，他们是从巴基斯坦拉瓦尔品第的13所学校招募的。除强迫症外，在所有SCAS子量表上，女孩的总体焦虑平均得分显著高于男孩。乌尔都语SCAS的内部一致性良好。验证性因素分析支持六个独立的因素结构。本研究结果结合巴基斯坦的社会文化环境以及焦虑及其亚型的文化敏感概念化进行了讨论。
