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Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children

(MASC)

Research Group
CBPI
Contacts Maria do Céu Teixeira Salvador

TITLE OF THE PORTUGUESE VERSION

Escala Multidimensional de Ansiedade para Crianças

ORIGINAL VERSION

March, J. S., Parker, J. D., Sullivan, K., Stallings, P., & Conners, C. K. (1997)

PORTUGUESE VERSION

Salvador, M. C., Matos, A. P., Oliveira, S., March, J., Arnarson, E., Carey, S., & Craighead, E. (2017)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The MASC is a self-report scale for assessing anxiety in children and adolescents.It has 39 items, distributed across four major factors, three of which have sub factors. It has been considered a reliable scale, with a good internal consistency, validity and test-retest reliability. Its Portuguese version, validated in adolescents from 12 to 18 years old,confirmed these characteristics, although itsfactor structure included a third order factor, which was not the case in the original scale

REFERENCES

  • March, J. S., Parker, J. D., Sullivan, K., Stallings, P., & Conners, C. K. (1997). The Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC): Factor structure, reliability, and validity. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36, 554-565. doi:10.1097=00004583-199704000-00019

  • Salvador, M. C., Matos, A. P., Oliveira, S., March, J., Arnarson, E., & Craighead, E. (2017). A Escala Multidimensional de Ansiedade para Crianças (MASC): Propriedades psicométricas e análise fatorial confirmatória numa amostra de adolescentes portugueses. Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnóstico y Evaluación Psicologica, 45, 33-46. doi:10.21865/RIDEP45.3.03

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