Brazilian Portuguese version of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS-Brasil) Versão em português brasileiro da Escala Spence de Ansiedade Infantil (SCAS-Brasil)

Objective: To describe the cross-cultural adaptation of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) for use in Brazil. Methods: Cross-cultural adaptation followed a four-step process, based on specialized literature: 1) investigation of conceptual and item equivalence; 2) translation and back-tr...

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Main Authors: Diogo A. DeSousa, Circe S. Petersen, Rafaela Behs, Gisele G. Manfro, Silvia H. Koller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul 2012-09-01
Series:Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-60892012000300006