Short Forms of the German Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS)-Validation and Normative Data of the 11- and 25-Item Versions.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study assesses the reliability and validity of two short forms of the German Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS 11- and 25-item versions) and provides normative data.

Methods

Data were collected from a representative sample of N = 1562 German schoolchildren and N = 757 pediatric chronic pain patients (ages 8-17).

Results

Cronbach's α demonstrated acceptable to good internal consistency for the total score as well as the depression and anxiety scales. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) demonstrated acceptable to good model fit for both a 2-factor structure (RCADS-11) and a higher-order structure (RCADS-25). Multi-group CFAs demonstrated similar model structures across the school and pediatric chronic pain samples. Convergent validity

SUBMITTER: Grothus S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12032886 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature