Psychometric Properties of Preschool Children Anxiety Scale (Teacher Form)

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Saeed Ghanbari ¹ , Rahim Rabieenejad ² , Parisa Ganje ³ , Sanaz Khoramzadeh ⁴

1 - PhD Shahid Beheshti University
2 - MA in Clinical Psychology
3 - MA in Clinical Psychology
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.