Department Clinical Psychology, Open University, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2024 Dec;55(6):1611-1619. doi: 10.1007/s10578-023-01517-w. Epub 2023 Mar 13.
Avoidance is considered a hallmark feature of child anxiety, but convenient measures are scarce. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Child Avoidance Measure (CAM) in a Dutch population, focusing mainly on the child-version. We included children 8 to 13 years old from a community sample (n = 63, longitudinal design) and a sample of high-anxious children (n = 92, cross-sectional design). Regarding the child-version, the internal consistencies were acceptable to good with moderate test-retest reliability. The validity analyses showed encouraging results. High-anxious children had higher avoidance scores than children from a community sample. Regarding the parent-version, both the internal consistency and test-retest validity were excellent. Overall, this study confirmed the sound psychometric properties and usefulness of the CAM. Future studies should focus on the psychometric properties of the Dutch CAM in a clinical sample, assess its ecological validity more extensively, and examine more psychometric features of the parent-version.
回避被认为是儿童焦虑的一个显著特征，但方便的测量方法却很少。本研究在荷兰人群中考察了儿童回避量表（CAM）的心理测量学特性，主要关注儿童版本。我们纳入了来自社区样本的 8 至 13 岁儿童（n=63，纵向设计）和高焦虑儿童样本（n=92，横断面设计）。对于儿童版本，内部一致性在可接受到良好之间，重测信度中等。效度分析结果令人鼓舞。高焦虑儿童的回避得分高于社区样本儿童。对于父母版本，内部一致性和重测信度都非常好。总的来说，本研究证实了 CAM 的良好心理测量学特性和实用性。未来的研究应该关注荷兰 CAM 在临床样本中的心理测量学特性，更广泛地评估其生态有效性，并进一步研究父母版本的更多心理测量学特征。
