Background
The Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS) is a widely used self-report questionnaire designed to assess anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents. It measures several types of anxiety, including separation anxiety, social anxiety, panic symptoms, fears, and obsessive-compulsive behaviors.
Procedure
Participants rate how often each statement happens to them using a 4-point scale ranging from “Never” to “Always.” The questionnaire evaluates common emotional, physical, and behavioral symptoms of anxiety.
Participation
This assessment is intended for educational, research, and self-reflection purposes only. Results are anonymous and should not be considered a clinical diagnosis or substitute for professional psychological evaluation.
Scoring & Interpretation
Each question is scored from 0 to 3. Higher scores indicate greater anxiety-related symptoms and emotional distress. Some positively worded items are reverse scored before calculating results.
Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) Questionnaire
Below is the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS), a digitally adapted 45- items self-assessment questionnaire. This assessment does not provide a clinical diagnosis, medical determination, or substitute for professional psychological evaluation. Anonymous responses may be included in research statistics and normative datasets.
Psychometric Norms
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Sources
- Spence, S. H. (1998). A measure of anxiety symptoms among children. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 36(5), 545–566.