2019
The Utility of the SCAS-C/P to Detect Specific Anxiety Disorders Among Clinically Anxious Children
Reardon T, Creswell C, Lester KJ, Arendt K, Blatter-Meunier J, Bögels SM, Coleman JRI, Cooper PJ, Heiervang ER, Herren C, Hogendoorn SM, Hudson JL, Keers R, Lyneham HJ, Marin CE, Nauta M, Rapee RM, Roberts S, Schneider S, Silverman WK, Thastum M, Thirlwall K, Wergeland GJ, Eley TC. The Utility of the SCAS-C/P to Detect Specific Anxiety Disorders Among Clinically Anxious Children. Psychological Assessment 2019, 31: 1006-1018. PMID: 31070449, PMCID: PMC6671872, DOI: 10.1037/pas0000700.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpence Children's Anxiety ScaleSpecific anxiety disordersSocial phobia subscaleSocial anxiety disorderAnxiety disordersFear subscaleQuestionnaire measuresSeparation anxietyGeneralized anxietyAnxiety ScalePreadolescent childrenChildren's Anxiety ScaleClinic-referred sampleSeparation anxiety disorderSeparation anxiety subscaleContribution of childrenFull diagnostic assessmentSCAS subscalesAnxious childrenSocial phobiaChild reportsOptimal cutoff scoreAnxiety subscaleAnxietyCorresponding disorder
2017
Association between attention bias to threat and anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents
Abend R, de Voogd L, Salemink E, Wiers RW, Pérez‐Edgar K, Fitzgerald A, White LK, Salum GA, He J, Silverman WK, Pettit JW, Pine DS, Bar‐Haim Y. Association between attention bias to threat and anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents. Depression And Anxiety 2017, 35: 229-238. PMID: 29212134, PMCID: PMC6342553, DOI: 10.1002/da.22706.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric anxiety symptomsThreat biasAnxiety symptom severityAnxiety symptomsAttention biasSocial anxietySchool phobiaThreat-related attention biasesSeparation anxiety symptomsSymptom severityAttention biasesThreat biasesChild anxietyBias scoresMulti-site collaborationYouth sampleExtant findingsStandardized measuresGeneralized anxietyAnxietyDimensional approachInconsistent findingsAssessment tasksMethodological variabilityPhobia