Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index
- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Journal of Clinical Child Psychology
- Vol. 20 (2), 162-168
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp2002_7
Abstract
Presents a scale for measuring anxiety sensitivity (i.e., the belief that anxiety symptoms have negative consequences): the Child Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI). The CASI is shown to have sound psychometric properties for both a normal and a clinical sample. Support is provided for the view that anxiety sensitivity is a separate concept from that of anxiety frequency and that it is a concept applicable with children. The CASI is shown to correlate with measures of fear/ anxiety and also to account for variance on the Fear Survey Schedule for ChildrenRevised and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (Trait form) that cannot be explained by a measure of anxiety frequency. The possible role of anxiety sensitivity as a predisposing factor in the development of anxiety disorders in children is discussed.Keywords
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