DSM-IV-defined anxiety disorder symptoms in a middle-childhood-aged group of Malaysian children using the Spence children’s anxiety scale
Introduction: Pediatric anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorders in the middle-childhood age group. The purpose of this study is to assess anxiety disorder symptoms, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV), in a large communi...
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| description | Introduction: Pediatric anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorders in the middle-childhood age group. The purpose of this study is to assess anxiety disorder symptoms, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV), in a large community sample of low socioeconomic level rural children and to investigate some of the psychometric properties (internal consistency, construct and convergent validity and items rated as often or always experienced) of the Malay version of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale-Child version (SCAS-C). Method: Six hundred children aged 9-11 and 424 of their parents completely answered the child or parent versions of the SCAS. Results: Results indicated that the internal reliability of subscales were moderate to adequate. Significant correlations between child and parent reports supported the measure’s concurrent validity. Additionally, anxiety levels in this Malaysian sample were lower than among South-African children and higher than among their Western peers. There were both similarities and differences between symptom items reported as often or always experienced by Malaysian students and by children from other cultures. Confirmatory factor analysis provided evidence of the existence of five inter-correlated factors for anxiety disorders based on SCAS-C. Conclusion: Although some of the instrument’s psychometric properties deviated from those observed in some other countries, it nevertheless appears to be useful for assessing childhood anxiety symptoms in this country. |
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| spelling | unimas-125042022-05-23T07:47:20Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12504/ DSM-IV-defined anxiety disorder symptoms in a middle-childhood-aged group of Malaysian children using the Spence children’s anxiety scale Ahmadi, A. Mustaffa, M.S. Udin, A. Haghdoost, A. H Social Sciences (General) Introduction: Pediatric anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorders in the middle-childhood age group. The purpose of this study is to assess anxiety disorder symptoms, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV), in a large community sample of low socioeconomic level rural children and to investigate some of the psychometric properties (internal consistency, construct and convergent validity and items rated as often or always experienced) of the Malay version of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale-Child version (SCAS-C). Method: Six hundred children aged 9-11 and 424 of their parents completely answered the child or parent versions of the SCAS. Results: Results indicated that the internal reliability of subscales were moderate to adequate. Significant correlations between child and parent reports supported the measure’s concurrent validity. Additionally, anxiety levels in this Malaysian sample were lower than among South-African children and higher than among their Western peers. There were both similarities and differences between symptom items reported as often or always experienced by Malaysian students and by children from other cultures. Confirmatory factor analysis provided evidence of the existence of five inter-correlated factors for anxiety disorders based on SCAS-C. Conclusion: Although some of the instrument’s psychometric properties deviated from those observed in some other countries, it nevertheless appears to be useful for assessing childhood anxiety symptoms in this country. Sociedade de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12504/1/DSM-IV-defined%20-%20Copy.pdf Ahmadi, A. and Mustaffa, M.S. and Udin, A. and Haghdoost, A. (2016) DSM-IV-defined anxiety disorder symptoms in a middle-childhood-aged group of Malaysian children using the Spence children’s anxiety scale. Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 38 (1). pp. 14-22. ISSN 2237-6089 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84963585281&partnerID=40&md5=b97684bffa9c28ba175ff418fd5223d3 DOI: 10.1590/2237-6089-2015-0027 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Ahmadi, A. Mustaffa, M.S. Udin, A. Haghdoost, A. DSM-IV-defined anxiety disorder symptoms in a middle-childhood-aged group of Malaysian children using the Spence children’s anxiety scale |
| title | DSM-IV-defined anxiety disorder symptoms in a middle-childhood-aged group of Malaysian children using the Spence children’s anxiety scale |
| title_full | DSM-IV-defined anxiety disorder symptoms in a middle-childhood-aged group of Malaysian children using the Spence children’s anxiety scale |
| title_fullStr | DSM-IV-defined anxiety disorder symptoms in a middle-childhood-aged group of Malaysian children using the Spence children’s anxiety scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | DSM-IV-defined anxiety disorder symptoms in a middle-childhood-aged group of Malaysian children using the Spence children’s anxiety scale |
| title_short | DSM-IV-defined anxiety disorder symptoms in a middle-childhood-aged group of Malaysian children using the Spence children’s anxiety scale |
| title_sort | dsm-iv-defined anxiety disorder symptoms in a middle-childhood-aged group of malaysian children using the spence children’s anxiety scale |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
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