The psychometric properties of the screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders in pediatric chronic pain

Kristen E. Jastrowski Mano; Jenny R. Evans; Susan T. Tran; Kim Anderson Khan; Steven J. Weisman; Keri R. Hainsworth

doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jss069

The psychometric properties of the screen for child anxiety related emotional disorders in pediatric chronic pain

Kristen E. Jastrowski Mano, Jenny R. Evans, Susan T. Tran, Kim Anderson Khan, Steven J. Weisman, Keri R. Hainsworth

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Examine the psychometric properties of the SCARED in pediatric chronic pain.

METHODS: Participants were parents (n = 313 mothers, 163 fathers) and youth (n = 349) presenting for treatment of pediatric chronic pain. Participants completed the SCARED and measures of pain catastrophizing, internalizing problems, and health-related quality of life.

RESULTS: Internal consistency (Cronbach's α) of SCARED Total scores ranged from .92 to .93 across sources of report. All subscales except for School Phobia exhibited good internal consistency. SCARED scores were significantly positively related to internalizing symptoms and pain catastrophizing; and negatively related to health-related quality of life. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed acceptable fit of the SCARED measurement model.

CONCLUSIONS: The SCARED shows promise as a measure of anxiety in pediatric pain. Important caveats for its usage and areas in need of additional research are discussed. Of importance in pediatric pain is improving current approaches for measuring school anxiety in this population.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	999-1011
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Volume	37
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jss069
State	Published - Oct 2012
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Developmental and Educational Psychology

Keywords

anxiety
confirmatory factor analysis
measurement
pediatric chronic pain

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