Psychometric evaluation of a caregiver-report adaptation of the Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS) for use with youth populations.

ABSTRACT: Background Despite progress in youth anxiety assessment, there is need for a measure that is simultaneously (a) free, (b) brief, (c) focused broadly on anxiety and avoidance severity, frequency, and interference, and (d) concerned with the past week. The adult overall anxiety severity and impairment scale (OASIS) was adapted to yield a caregiver-report of past week youth anxiety and interference (OASIS-Y). Methods In a sample of diverse youth seeking anxiety services (N = 132; 67% racial/ethnic minority) and their caregivers, analyses examined the OASIS-Y factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent and divergent validity. Hierarchical linear modeling in a participant subset examined OASIS-Y sensitivity to treatment-related change. Results OASIS-Y internal consistency was high an

SUBMITTER: Comer JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8828693 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature