Application of childhood anxiety sensitivity index

REN Fang; ZHANG Jin-song

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2012, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (4) : 330-332.

Application of childhood anxiety sensitivity index

REN Fang,ZHANG Jin-song

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【Objective】 To study the application of childhood anxiety sensitivity index(CASI)to determine the emotional disorders among children and adolescents,assess its sensitivity and specificity. 【Methods】 238 children aged 9~17 years were drawn by random from the outpatient clinic of psychology and child and adolescent healthcare department in Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University school of medicine to complete CASI.Among them,the children aged 9~16 years completed Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders(SCARED)and Depression Self-rating Scale for Children(DSRSC).ROC analysis was adopted. 【Results】 ROC analysis yielded a sensitivity of 67.6% at a specificity of a 64.9% when the cutting score was 9 for boys and a sensitivity of 75.0% at a specificity of 68.4% when the cutting score was 11 for girls.The total score and each factor score of anxiety group were higher than those of control group and the differences were significant.The CASI total score was positive correlate with SCARED or DSRSC total score(r=0.77,0.47). 【Conclusions】 The Chinese version of CASI has good sensitivity and specificity when the cutting score is 9 for boys and 11 for girls.It can be used to screen anxiety sensitivity of children and adolescents clinically.

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anxiety sensitivity / scale / sensitivity / specificity / child

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REN Fang,ZHANG Jin-song. Application of childhood anxiety sensitivity index[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2012, 20(4): 330-332

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