Cross-cultural Adaptation, Reliability and Validity Tests of Screen for Child Anxiety and Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) Child Version and SCARED-5-items in Indonesian Adolescents

Abstract

Anxiety disorders are prevalent among adolescents and significantly impair social and academic functioning. It should be identified early to avoid detrimental effects. This study aimed to validate and assess the reliability of the Indonesian SCARED Child Version for detecting anxiety disorders in Indonesian adolescents. The SCARED Child Version was translated into an Indonesian version according to the standard cross-cultural adaptation method. Reliability was tested with internal consistency test on 123 adolescents aged 12 to 18 years old in Jakarta, which obtained Cronbach’s alpha value for SCARED-41 items of .927, and .741 for SCARED-5 items. The content validity test was carried out through a qualitative relevance assessment involving 9 experts and the results showed an average Content-Validity-Index for items of 0.94, Content-Validity-Ratio of 0.88, and Validity-Index for scales of 0.94. The Indonesian version of the SCARED Child Version has good reliability and validity for the early detection of anxiety disorders among Indonesian adolescent.