Parent-child agreement using the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale and a thermometer in children with autism spectrum disorder May, T., Cornish, K. and Rinehart, N. J. 2015, Parent-child agreement using the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale and a thermometer in children with autism spectrum disorder, Autism research treatment, Article no: 315495, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1155/2015/315495. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads may-parentchikd-2015.pdf Published version application/pdf 969.11KB 16 Title Parent-child agreement using the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale and a thermometer in children with autism spectrum disorder Author(s) May, T. orcid.org/0000-0001-8705-4180 Cornish, K. Rinehart, N. J. orcid.org/0000-0001-6109-3958 Journal name Autism research treatment Season Article no: 315495 Start page 1 End page 3 Total pages 3 Publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation Place of publication Cairo, Egypt Publication date 2015 ISSN 2090-1925 Summary Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience high anxiety which often prompts clinical referral and requires intervention. This study aimed to compare parent and child reports on the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) and a child-reported "worry thermometer" in 88 children aged 8-13 years, 44 with ASD and 44 age, gender, and perceptual IQ matched typically developing children. There were no gender differences in child report on the SCAS and worry thermometers. Results indicated generally good correlations between parent and child self-reported SCAS symptoms for typically developing children but poor agreement in parent-child ASD dyads. The worry thermometer child-report did not reflect child or parent reports on the SCAS. Findings suggest 8-13-year-old children with ASD may have difficulties accurately reporting their anxiety levels. The clinical implications were discussed. Language eng DOI 10.1155/2015/315495 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30073090 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Psychology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Author URL Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 07 May 2015, 12:01:03 EST Fri, 08 May 2015, 05:05:49 EST Fri, 08 May 2015, 08:19:22 EST Sat, 12 Sep 2015, 06:11:01 EST Tue, 20 Oct 2015, 09:44:05 EST Tue, 20 Oct 2015, 09:46:20 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 09:12:40 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 141 Abstract Views, 17 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 07 May 2015, 12:01:03 EST

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