2021
Attending to the Attentional Control Scale for Children: Confirming its factor structure and measurement invariance
van Son D, Marin CE, Boutris P, Rey Y, Lebowitz ER, Pettit JW, Silverman WK. Attending to the Attentional Control Scale for Children: Confirming its factor structure and measurement invariance. Journal Of Anxiety Disorders 2021, 80: 102399. PMID: 33892347, PMCID: PMC8141040, DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102399.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional Control ScaleTwo-factor modelAttentional controlControl ScaleSelf-report questionnairesTwo-factor structureStrong factorial invarianceConfirmatory factor analysisModel fitAnxious youthAttentional focusingSingle-factor modelFuture research implicationsGood model fitTwo-factorMeasurement invarianceFactorial invariancePartial invarianceFactor structureDiverse sampleConcurrent validityResearch implicationsSubscale scoresPrevious researchFactor analysis
2019
Measuring Family Accommodation of Childhood Anxiety: Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Validity, and Reliability of the Parent and Child Family Accommodation Scale – Anxiety
Lebowitz ER, Marin CE, Silverman WK. Measuring Family Accommodation of Childhood Anxiety: Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Validity, and Reliability of the Parent and Child Family Accommodation Scale – Anxiety. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2019, 49: 752-760. PMID: 31136200, PMCID: PMC6881529, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2019.1614002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConfirmatory factor analysisFamily accommodationChildhood anxietyExploratory factor analysisTest-retest reliabilityFactor analysisChild anxiety symptomsChild depression symptomsChild-parent dyadsTwo-factor modelTest-retest reliability dataChild anxietyAnxiety symptomsFamily routinesDivergent validityDepression symptomsTest-retest dataConvergent validityFactorial structureKey constructsAnxietyAccommodation measuresTheory developmentClinical applicationStudy objective
2008
Cognitive and emotional facets of test anxiety in African American school children
Carter R, Williams S, Silverman W. Cognitive and emotional facets of test anxiety in African American school children. Cognition & Emotion 2008, 22: 539-551. DOI: 10.1080/02699930801886722.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAfrican American school childrenTest anxietyEmotional facetsAmerican school childrenConfirmatory factor analysisSchool childrenTest Anxiety ScaleTwo-factor modelAfrican American girlsAfrican American boysEmotional factorsBidimensional constructAnxiety ScaleAge 8American girlsAmerican boysCFA modelIndependent ratersHigher mean scoresPractical implicationsFactor analysisAnxietyChildrenMean scoreGirls