Means, standard deviations (SD) and 10% cut off scores by age and gender for each SCAS scale
(Muris et al., 2000)
|
SCAS
|
7-12 years
|
13-19 years
|
Total sample
| |||||||
|
|
Boys
|
Girls
|
Total
|
Boys
|
Girls
|
Total
|
Boys
|
Girls
|
Total
| |
|
Total anxiety score
|
M
|
17.42
|
23.69
|
20.51
|
13.54
|
19.89
|
16.56
|
15.04
|
21.42
|
18.11
|
|
|
SD
|
13.95
|
13.79
|
14.20
|
10.69
|
11.83
|
11.68
|
12.19
|
12.78
|
12.87
|
|
|
Cut off
|
37
|
44
|
42
|
25
|
36
|
30
|
28
|
41
|
35
|
|
Generalized anxiety |
M
|
3.86
|
5.04
|
4.44
|
3.51
|
4.92
|
4.18
|
3.65
|
4.97
|
4.28
|
|
|
SD
|
2.87
|
2.76
|
2.87
|
2.57
|
2.78
|
2.76
|
2.69
|
2.77
|
2.81
|
|
|
Cut off
|
8
|
9
|
9
|
6
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
9
|
8
|
|
Separation anxiety |
M
|
2.89
|
3.56
|
3.21
|
1.51
|
2.28
|
1.87
|
2.04
|
2.79
|
2.40
|
|
|
SD
|
2.91
|
3.00
|
2.97
|
1.81
|
2.10
|
1.99
|
2.39
|
2.58
|
2.51
|
|
|
Cut off
|
7
|
8
|
8
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
|
Social Phobia
|
M
|
2.86
|
4.07
|
3.45
|
3.09
|
4.45
|
3.73
|
3.00
|
4.30
|
3.62
|
|
|
SD
|
2.58
|
2.73
|
2.72
|
2.58
|
2.85
|
2.79
|
2.58
|
2.80
|
2.77
|
|
|
Cut off
|
6
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
8
|
7
|
|
Panic Agoraphobia |
M
|
2.55
|
3.67
|
3.10
|
1.37
|
2.28
|
1.80
|
1.83
|
2.84
|
2.31
|
|
|
SD
|
3.37
|
3.45
|
3.45
|
2.30
|
3.12
|
2.75
|
2.81
|
3.33
|
3.11
|
|
|
Cut off
|
6
|
8
|
8
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
8
|
6
|
|
Obsessive-compulsive |
M
|
2.88
|
3.56
|
3.21
|
2.25
|
2.52
|
2.38
|
2.49
|
2.93
|
2.71
|
|
|
SD
|
2.81
|
2.88
|
2.86
|
2.44
|
2.49
|
2.47
|
2.61
|
2.70
|
2.66
|
|
|
Cut off
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
|
Physical injury fears
|
M
|
2.37
|
3.81
|
3.08
|
1.81
|
3.44
|
2.59
|
2.03
|
3.59
|
2.78
|
|
|
SD
|
2.23
|
2.43
|
2.44
|
2.04
|
2.30
|
2.32
|
2.13
|
2.36
|
2.37
|
|
|
Cut off
|
5
|
7
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
6
|
* 10% cut off scores = scores referring to cut-off for highest percentile
Adapted with permission from: Muris, P., Schmidt, H., & Merckelbach, H. (2000).
Correlations among two self-report questionnaires for measuring DSM-defined anxiety disorder symptoms in children:
the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders and the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale.
Personality and Individual Differences, 28(2), 333-346.