Psychometric Properties of Preschool Children Anxiety Scale (Teacher Form)

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Saeed  Ghanbari ¹ (PhD Shahid Beheshti University)
Rahim  Rabieenejad ² (MA in Clinical Psychology)
Parisa  Ganje ³ (MA in Clinical Psychology)
Sanaz  Khoramzadeh ⁴ (MA in Clinical Psychology)

Received: 2015-06-01 Accepted : 2015-06-01 Published : 2013-09-23

Keywords: Psychometric properties, preschool children anxiety, Exploratory Factor Analysis,

Abstract :

the present study examined psychometric properties of teacher form of Preschool Children Anxiety Scale (Spense & Rapee, 2001) among a sample of 4-6 year old children of Ahvaz city. One hundred and fifty children from care centers of four areas of Ahvaz were selected by multi-stage sampling. The children’s teachers completed the Teacher Form of Preschool Children Anxiety Scale and the Teacher Report Form of the Conner’s Child Behavior Checklist (Conner, 1999). The exploratory factor analysis with principal component and varimax rotation led to extraction of five factors, including general anxiety, social anxiety, fear of physical injury, separation anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive. The results indicated good psychometric properties of the teacher form of Spence Preschool Children Anxiety Scale.