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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2013 Jul 11;43(4):566–578. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2013.814541

Table 4.

Results of Receiver Operating Characteristic Analyses Testing Diagnostic Discriminant Validity of the Youth and Parent MASC

Physical Symptoms
Harm Avoidance
Social Anxiety
Separation/Panic
AUC 95% CI p AUC 95% CI p AUC 95% CI p AUC 95% CI p
Children Ages 7 - 12
 SAD
  Child 0.57 [0.51, 0.63] 0.025 0.49 [0.43, 0.55] 0.759 0.48 [0.42, 0.54] 0.520 0.69 [0.63. 0.75] 0.001
  Parent 0.56 [0.50, 0.62] 0.057 0.55 [0.49, 0.62] 0.102 0.45 [0.39, 0.52] 0.136 0.78 [0.71, 0.82] 0.001
 SoP
  Child 0.55 [0.48, 0.63] 0.150 0.48 [0.41, 0.55] 0.526 0.69 [0.63, 0.75] 0.001 0.42 [0.34, 0.49] 0.022
  Parent 0.51 [0.44, 0.59] 0.704 0.47 [0.40, 0.54] 0.437 0.74 [0.68, 0.80] 0.001 0.43 [0.36, 0.50] 0.058
 GAD
  Child 0.62 [0.55, 0.70] 0.002 0.60 [0.52, 0.68] 0.011 0.56 [0.49, 0.64] 0.107 0.55 [0.48, 0.63] 0.173
  Parent 0.63 [0.56, 0.70] 0.001 0.56 [0.49, 0.64] 0.105 0.57 [0.51, 0.64] 0.060 0.53 [0.46, 0.61] 0.421

Adolescents Ages 13 - 17
 SAD
  Adolescent 0.59 [0.48, 0.71] 0.108 0.60 [0.48, 0.73] 0.086 0.44 [0.31, 0.57] 0.319 0.70 [0.57, 0.82] 0.001
  Parent 0.62 [0.52, 0.73] 0.038 0.69 [0.58, 0.79] 0.001 0.46 [0.34, 0.58] 0.488 0.80 [0.71, 0.89] 0.001
 SoP
  Adolescent 0.53 [0.38, 0.68] 0.739 0.59 [0.40, 0.79] 0.284 0.86 [0.78, 0.93] 0.001 0.46 [0.29, 0.64] 0.662
  Parent 0.47 [0.31, 0.64] 0.757 0.34 [0.17, 0.50] 0.052 0.82 [0.72, 0.91] 0.001 0.49 [0.35, 0.64] 0.920
 GAD
  Adolescent 0.65 [0.53, 0.78] 0.022 0.63 [0.51, 0.75] 0.054 0.54 [0.42, 0.66] 0.559 0.60 [0.48, 0.73] 0.117
  Parent 0.67 [0.54, 0.79] 0.012 0.68 [0.57, 0.80] 0.006 0.53 [0.41, 0.64] 0.698 0.59 [0.48, 0.71] 0.159

Note: MASC = Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children; AUC = area under the curve; CI = confidence interval; SAD = separation anxiety disorder; SoP = social phobia; GAD = generalized anxiety disorder.