Psychometric evaluation of two short versions of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale.

Leonie H KlaufusEva VerlindenMarcel van der WalMia KöstersPim CuijpersMai Chinapaw

Published in: BMC psychiatry (2020)

The RCADS-25/RCADS-20 broad anxiety scale is valid and reliable for screening schoolchildren and adolescents, but the RCADS-25 and RCADS-20 MDD scales showed shortcomings. An MDD scale of seven items showed acceptable psychometric properties.

Keyphrases

psychometric properties
major depressive disorder
young adults
mental health
bipolar disorder
depressive symptoms
sleep quality