Self-Report Instruments

Abstract

[describes] 2 general types of self-report instruments [that] are used in the assessment of fear and anxiety in children and adolescents / omnibus personality scales . . . yield information about a child's overall emotional health in addition to providing a specific scale scores for anxiety / 3 omnibus personality instruments that measure anxiety as a part of personality will be discussed briefly-the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC), the MMPI, and the MMPI-A [for adolescents] [discuss the narrow-band] instruments specifically developed to measure fear and anxiety in children / the 3 self-report instruments most frequently used to assess anxiety and fear in children and adolescents are the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC), the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS), and the Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised (FSSC-R) other specific instruments [Generalized Anxiety Scale for Children (GASC), Test Anxiety Scale for Children (TASC) and Test Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised (TASC-R), Louisville Fear Schedule for Children (LFSC), Children's Fear Survey Schedule (CFSS), Piers-Harris Self Concept Scale (PHSCS)] / strengths and weaknesses of self-report instruments / case study [of a 12-yr-old male with panic attacks] (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)