Identificarea prezenţei anxietăţii de separare cu ajutorul chestionarului de evaluare a simptomelor copiilor−4 (CSI−4) şi al scalei spence
Identification of the Separation Anxiety Disorder Based on the Child Symptom Inventory–4 (CSI–4) and Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS)

Summary/Abstract: The Child Symptom Inventory −4 (CSI−4; Gadow, Sprafkin, 2002) is a screening instrument that screens for cognitive, emotional and behavioural symptoms of a number of psychiatric disorders in children. CSI−4 has two forms: one for teachers and one for parents. Each disorder is rated using a scale. The Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS; Spence, 1997) is a child self-report measure designed to evaluate symptoms relating to six anxiety disorders. Each disorder is rated using a scale. The purpose of this study was to analyse the possibility to predict the presence of the separation anxiety disorder with a probability higher than 0.50, based on the T scores of the scales Separation Anxiety and Generalized Anxiety, separately for SCAS and for CSI−4. We used two samples consisted of children between 8 and 11 years old, one for CSI−4 (N=817) and one for SCAS (N=721). We found that, in the case of the CSI-4, the probability of the presence of the separation anxiety disorder is higher than 0.50 (P=0.778) if the T scores of the Separation Anxiety scale of CSI−4 Parent Form, the Generalized Anxiety scale of CSI−4 Parent Form and the Generalized Anxiety scale of CSI−4 Teacher Form are all higher than 70. In the case of SCAS, when the T scores of the Separation Anxiety and Generalized Anxiety scales are both higher than 70, the probability of the presence of the separation anxiety disorder is higher than 0.50 (P=0.636).

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