Abstract
Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, University of Basel The current study evaluated the feasibility and validity of a parent-report measure of separation anxiety, the Separation Anxiety Daily Diary (SADD). Mother and child participants consisted of three groups: 96 children (aged 4-15 years) with separation anxiety disorder, 49 children with "other" anxiety disorders, and 43 healthy controls. The SADD assesses the frequency of anxiety-provoking and non-anxiety-provoking separations, along with associated parental anxiety, thoughts, child behaviors, and cor- responding parental reactions. The SADD demonstrated acceptable compliance and convergent validity with hypothesized measures. Substantial improvement in the predic- tion of diagnostic group membership was shown when SADD items assessing child symptoms were added to information gathered from a separation anxiety symptom questionnaire.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 252-259 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2010 |
Funding
This study was supported by grant PP001-68701; 105314-116517/1, ‘‘Etiology and Psychological Treatment of Separation Anxiety Disorder in Childhood,’’ awarded to Silvia Schneider by the Swiss National Science Foundation. We would like to thank the families who participated, as well as the research assistants and graduate students who worked on the TAFF project at the University of Basel. We also thank Andrea Meyer (University of Basel) and Terry Lewin (Hunter New England Mental Health) for their assistance with the statistical analyses.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Clinical Psychology