BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Korean version of Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) on a sample of Korean youths and to examine the cross-cultural differences in adolescents' anxiety. METHODS Our study included 147 adolescents (ages 12-17, 92 girls), 93 with major depressive disorder and 54 as controls. Participants were evaluated using the Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL), SCARED, Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Disruptive Behavioral Disorder Scale (DBD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale (ADHD-RS). Pearson's r and Cronbach's α values of the SCARED were calculated, and exploratory factor analysis was conducted. RESULTS The Korean SCARED scores were correlated with the total anxiety scores of K-SADS-PL (r = 0.74) and the CBCL anxious/depressed subscale scores (r = 0.35). Results showed a five-factor structure with good internal consistency, in which some items were loaded on different factors compared to previous studies. CONCLUSIONS The Korean SCARED demonstrated promising psychometric properties, and could be a valid scale for screening anxiety symptoms in primary care. The fact that different items comprised the factors may reflect the cultural difference between United States and Korea in experiencing anxiety.

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韩国版儿童焦虑相关情绪障碍（SCARED）筛查的心理测量特性和因素结构。


背景本研究的目的是检查韩国版儿童焦虑相关情绪障碍筛查（SCARED）对韩国青少年样本的心理测量特性，并检查青少年焦虑的跨文化差异。方法 我们的研究包括 147 名青少年（12-17 岁，92 名女孩），其中 93 名患有重度抑郁症，54 名作为对照。使用学龄儿童情感障碍和精神分裂症儿童时间表（K-SADS-PL）、SCARED、儿童行为检查表（CBCL）、破坏性行为障碍量表（DBD）和注意力缺陷对参与者进行评估多动症评定量表（ADHD-RS）。计算SCARED的Pearson's r和Cronbach's α值，并进行探索性因素分析。结果 韩国 SCARED 评分与 K-SADS-PL 总焦虑评分 (r = 0.74) 和 CBCL 焦虑/抑郁分量表评分 (r = 0.35) 相关。结果显示，五因素结构具有良好的内部一致性，其中一些项目与之前的研究相比被加载到不同的因素上。结论 韩国 SCARED 表现出良好的心理测量特性，并且可能成为初级保健中筛查焦虑症状的有效量表。不同项目构成的因素可能反映了美国和韩国在经历焦虑方面的文化差异。