Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale – Child (RCADS-Child)

The Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale – Child version (RCADS-Child) is a 47-item self-report questionnaire designed to assess symptoms of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 years. 

Developer

Bruce F. Chorpita and Susan H. Spence.

Chorpita, B. F., Yim, L., Moffitt, C., Umemoto, L. A., & Francis, S. E. (2000). Assessment of symptoms of DSM-IV anxiety and depression in children: A revised child anxiety and depression scale. Behaviour research and therapy, 38(8), 835-855. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0005-7967(99)00130-8

References

Chorpita, B. F., Moffitt, C. E., & Gray, J. (2005). Psychometric properties of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale in a clinical sample. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43(3), 309-322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2004.02.004

de Ross, R. L., Gullone, E., & Chorpita, B. F. (2002). The Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale: A psychometric investigation with Australian youth. Behaviour Change, 19(2), 90-101. https://doi.org/10.1375/bech.19.2.90

Ebesutani, C., Bernstein, A., Nakamura, B. J., Chorpita, B. F., & Weisz, J. R. (2010). A psychometric analysis of the revised child anxiety and depression scale—parent version in a clinical sample. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38(2), 249-260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-009-9363-8

Ebesutani, C., Reise, S. P., Chorpita, B. F., Ale, C., Regan, J., Young, J., … & Weisz, J. R. (2012). The Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale-Short Version: Scale reduction via exploratory bifactor modeling of the broad anxiety factor. Psychological Assessment, 24(4), 833-845. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027283

Spence S. H. (1997). Structure of anxiety symptoms among children: a confirmatory factor-analytic study. Journal of abnormal psychology, 106(2), 280–297. https://doi.org/10.1037//0021-843x.106.2.280