Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children (PSWQ-C) Chorpita, Tracey, Brown, Collica, & Barlow, 1997 The PSWQ-C is a 16-item self-report measure assessing worry in youths ages 7-17. The PSWQ-C is a changed version of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire for adults (PSWQ; Meyer, Miller, Metzger, & Borkovec, 1990). The PSWQ-C can be used as a screening tool. Sample items include: “My worries really bother me” and “I’ve been a worrier all my life.” Each item is rated on a 4-point Likert scale from zero (“never true”) to items (“always true”). This measure was designed to be administered in five minutes. In both community and clinical samples, the PSWQ-C shows well to excellent internal consistency (α =.89-.91) . In addition, it also demonstrates concurrent validity with the Worry/Oversensitivity subscale from the Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS; Reynolds & Richmond, 1978), the CDI (Kovacs, 1985), and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) section of the Anxiety

Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) Author: Birmaher et al., 1997 The SCARED is a 41-item self- and parent-report measure designed to screen for common anxiety disorders in youths ages 6-18. The SCARED can be used as a screening tool (Monga et al., 2000) and to monitor symptom changes over time (Muris, Mayer, Bartelds, Tierney, & Bogie 2001). The SCARED assesses symptoms associated with PD, GAD, SAD, social phobia, and school refusal. Sample items include, “When I get frightened, I feel like passing out” and “I worry about being as good as other kids.” Each item is rated on a 3-point Likert scale ranging from zero (“Not True or Hardly Ever True”) to two (“True or Often True”). This measure was designed to be administered in ten minutes. A total score of 25 on the youth SCARED is recommended as the best cut-off point to discriminate between youths suffering from anxiety and those who do not. The SCARED shows adequate test-retest reliability over a period of