Table 2.
Factor Loadings for Principal Components Analysis of Child Self-Report and Parent-Report (in Parentheses) of the SCARED.
| Factor |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Panic/Somatic | Generalized Anxiety | Separation Anxiety | Social Phobia | School Phobia | ||||||
| Panic/Somatic | |||||||||||
| 1. | When I feel frightened, it is hard to breathe. | .50 | (.67) | .07 | (−.05) | .32 | (−.17) | .13 | (.07) | .27 | (.17) |
| 6. | When I get frightened, I feel like passing out. | .41 | (.57) | .10 | (−.02) | .33 | (.30) | .18 | (.08) | .25 | (−.04) |
| 9. | People tell me that I look nervous. | .28 | (.06) | .01 | (−.07) | .19 | (−.07) | .27 | (.23) | .30 | (.51) |
| 12. | When I get frightened, I feel like I am going crazy. | .26 | (.31) | .49 | (−.15) | .19 | (.12) | −.03 | (.05) | −.04 | (.41) |
| 15. | When I get frightened, I feel like things are not real. | .32 | (.35) | −.01 | (−.14) | .29 | (.40) | .05 | (.09) | .54 | (.08) |
| 18. | When I get frightened, my heart beats fast. | .23 | (.46) | .31 | (−.10) | .14 | (.16) | .35 | (.26) | .16 | (.21) |
| 19. | I get shaky. | .48 | (.68) | .32 | (.10) | .06 | (−.03) | .24 | (.08) | −.02 | (.17) |
| 22. | When I get frightened, I sweat a lot. | .46 | (.29) | .10 | (−.01) | .07 | (−.11) | .09 | (.34) | .17 | (.14) |
| 24. | I get really frightened for no reason at all. | .01 | (.18) | .56 | (−.05) | .23 | (.22) | .13 | (−.01) | .29 | (.64) |
| 27. | When I get frightened, I feel like I am choking. | .63 | (.61) | .03 | (.11) | .10 | (−.06) | .07 | (−.10) | .17 | (.13) |
| 30. | I am afraid of having anxiety (or panic) attacks. | .42 | (.38) | .19 | (.09) | .19 | (−.03) | .32 | (.03) | .11 | (.59) |
| 34. | When I get frightened, I feel like throwing up. | .51 | (.64) | .00 | (.20) | .31 | (.09) | .01 | (.00) | .24 | (.06) |
| 38. | When I get frightened, I feel dizzy. | .72 | (.67) | −.04 | (.08) | −.02 | (.17) | .06 | (.05) | .22 | (.13) |
| Generalized Anxiety | |||||||||||
| 5. | I worry about other people liking me. | .14 | (.09) | .38 | (.66) | .15 | (.15) | .11 | (.04) | .48 | (.12) |
| 7. | I am nervous. | .10 | (.15) | .64 | (−.01) | .09 | (.26) | .23 | (.22) | .06 | (.54) |
| 14. | I worry about being as good as other kids. | .13 | (.14) | .30 | (.76) | −.07 | (.00) | .18 | (.12) | .67 | (−.08) |
| 21. | I worry about things working out for me. | .15 | (.07) | .48 | (.55) | −.36 | (−.11) | −.07 | (.18) | .44 | (.43) |
| 23. | I am a worrier. | .04 | (.15) | .61 | (.44) | −.04 | (.10) | .35 | (.16) | .09 | (.55) |
| 28. | People tell me that I worry too much. | .19 | (.00) | .58 | (.06) | −.03 | (.00) | .11 | (.19) | .06 | (.68) |
| 33. | I worry about what is going to happen in the future. | −.09 | (.02) | .51 | (.35) | .23 | (.00) | .10 | (.07) | .50 | (.57) |
| 35. | I worry about how well I do things. | .29 | (.00) | .20 | (.74) | −.12 | (−.19) | .27 | (.25) | .56 | (.08) |
| 37. | I worry about things that have already happened. | −.06 | (.34) | .68 | (.33) | .32 | (.20) | .09 | (.00) | .08 | (.41) |
| Separation Anxiety | |||||||||||
| 4. | I get scared if I sleep away from home. | .19 | (.10) | .10 | (.09) | .51 | (.58) | .35 | (.22) | .20 | (.03) |
| 8. | I follow my mother or father wherever they go. | .12 | (.05) | .10 | (−.32) | .55 | (.47) | .25 | (.16) | −.06 | (.20) |
| 13. | I worry about sleeping alone. | .02 | (.00) | .21 | (−.14) | .64 | (.48) | .01 | (−.12) | .26 | (.00) |
| 16. | I have nightmares about something bad happening to my parents. | .48 | (−.09) | .10 | (.09) | .60 | (.69) | −.07 | (−.20) | .24 | (.10) |
| 20. | I have nightmares about something bad happening to me. | .26 | (.08) | .08 | (−.02) | .73 | (.44) | −.10 | (−.03) | .20 | (.36) |
| 25. | I am afraid to be alone in the house. | .20 | (.06) | .14 | (−.10) | .52 | (.67) | .23 | (.05) | −.29 | (−.08) |
| 29. | I don’t like to be away from my family. | .07 | (.09) | .00 | (.14) | .71 | (.47) | .10 | (.33) | .17 | (.18) |
| 31. | I worry that something bad might happen to my parents. | .29 | (−.16) | .21 | (.16) | .71 | (.52) | −.16 | (.05) | .18 | (.40) |
| Social Phobia | |||||||||||
| 3. | I don’t like to be with people I don’t know well. | −.15 | (.03) | .04 | (.09) | .39 | (.23) | .60 | (.73) | .01 | (.06) |
| 10. | I feel nervous with people I don’t know well. | .08 | (.18) | .25 | (.06) | .18 | (.11) | .69 | (.77) | .00 | (.04) |
| 26. | It is hard for me to talk with people I don’t know well. | .03 | (−.02) | .10 | (.14) | .10 | (−.06) | .71 | (.81) | .27 | (.09) |
| 32. | I feel shy with people I don’t know well. | .17 | (.06) | .18 | (.06) | −.20 | (−.02) | .78 | (.84) | .21 | (−.04) |
| 39. | I feel nervous when I am with other children or adults and I have to do something while they watch me. | .14 | (−.06) | .09 | (.17) | .23 | (.13) | .29 | (.70) | .33 | (.17) |
| 40. | I feel nervous when I am going to parties, dances, or any place where there will be people that I don’t know well. | .09 | (.15) | .02 | (.13) | .03 | (−.02) | .70 | (.68) | .20 | (.34) |
| 41. | I am shy. | .19 | (−.06) | .22 | (−.02) | −.09 | (−.09) | .66 | (.74) | .09 | (.15) |
| School Phobia | |||||||||||
| 2. | I get headaches when I am at school. | .63 | (.32) | .13 | (.19) | .10 | (.37) | .03 | (.19) | −.08 | (.11) |
| 11. | I get stomachaches at school. | .53 | (.38) | .17 | (.11) | .43 | (.43) | .01 | (−.13) | −.22 | (.08) |
| 17. | I worry about going to school. | .12 | (.25) | .10 | (.15) | .27 | (.32) | .22 | (.10) | .61 | (.39) |
| 36. | I am scared to go to school. | .12 | (.31) | −.05 | (.15) | .23 | (.33) | .19 | (.00) | .50 | (.55) |