Overall three question naires were found robust in their measurement properties , the Spence Children 's Anxiety Scale , its revised version - the Revised Children 's Anxiety and Depression Scale , and also the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders .
Crucially the articles on measurement properties provided almost no evidence on responsiveness to change , nor on the validity of use of the tools for evaluation of interventions for children with ASD .
BACKGROUND Evidence about relevant outcomes is required in the evaluation of clinical interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders ( ASD ) .
However , to date , the variety of outcome measurement tools being used , and lack of knowledge about the measurement properties of some , compromise conclusions regarding the most effective interventions .
OBJECTIVES This two-stage systematic review aim ed to identify the tools used in studies evaluating interventions for anxiety for high-functioning children with ASD in middle childhood , and then to evaluate the tools for their appropriateness and measurement properties .
The revised version of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED-R): treatment sensitivity in an early intervention trial for childhood anxiety disorders.
OBJECTIVES The revised version of the Screen for Childhood Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders ( SCARED-R ) is a recently developed self-report question naire for measuring DSM-IV defined anxiety disorder symptoms in children . The current study examined the treatment sensitivity of the SCARED-R. METHODS Thirty-six children ( aged 8 - 13 years ) who fulfilled the criteria for generalized anxiety disorder , separation anxiety disorder , and /or social phobia received either group or individual cognitive-behavioural treatment . Children completed the  SCARED-R  and a traditional measure of childhood anxiety , the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children ( STAIC ) , at three points in time : ( 1 ) 6 months before treatment ( i.e. baseline ) , ( 2 ) pre-treatment , and ( 3 ) post-treatment . RESULTS Results showed that children 's SCARED-R and STAIC scores did not change from baseline to pre-treatment , but significantly declined from pre-treatment to post-treatment . An additional finding of the present study was that group and individual CBT were equally effective in reducing children 's anxiety symptoms . CONCLUSIONS It can be concluded that the SCARED-R reliably taps treatment effects and thus should be regarded as a useful self-report index of childhood anxiety in clinical and research setting s. Furthermore , the data support the notion that CBT should be generally regarded as an efficacious intervention for anxiety disordered children
Overall three question naires were found robust in their measurement properties , the Spence Children 's Anxiety Scale , its revised version - the Revised Children 's Anxiety and Depression Scale , and also the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders .
Crucially the articles on measurement properties provided almost no evidence on responsiveness to change , nor on the validity of use of the tools for evaluation of interventions for children with ASD .
BACKGROUND Evidence about relevant outcomes is required in the evaluation of clinical interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders ( ASD ) .
However , to date , the variety of outcome measurement tools being used , and lack of knowledge about the measurement properties of some , compromise conclusions regarding the most effective interventions .
OBJECTIVES This two-stage systematic review aim ed to identify the tools used in studies evaluating interventions for anxiety for high-functioning children with ASD in middle childhood , and then to evaluate the tools for their appropriateness and measurement properties .