Table 1

Mean scores for each perspective, correlations between the YSR and SCARED self-report, and cross-informant agreement

Child

Mother

Father

Correlations with YSR

Cross-informant Agreement

SCARED

Mean (SD)

Total

Internal

External

Anxious/Depr.

Somatic

Soc. With-drawal

Father ↔ Mother

Child ↔ Mother

Father ↔ Child

(n = 61)

(n = 79)

(n = 54)

(child perspective; n = 61)

(n = 51)

(n = 44)

(n = 31)

Total

25.07 (13.91)

16.53 (10.99)

12.47 (10.41)

.67**

.78**

.13

.70**

.58**

.64**

.62**

.54**

.62**

Somatic/panic

5.94 (4.51)

2.50 (3.57)

1.24 (2.26)

.58**

.71**

.07

.61**

.68**

.50**

.16

.52**

.17

Generalized anxiety

8.75 (4.97)

5.33 (4.10)

3.92 (3.79)

.69**

.76**

.21

.78**

.46**

.57**

.61**

.48**

.58**

Separation anxiety

3.01 (2.90)

3.38 (3.48)

2.59 (3.31)

.62**

.66**

.20

.63**

.44**

.57**

.47**

.46*

.56**

Social phobia

5.54 (3.30)

4.02 (3.87)

3.86 (3.86)

.37**

.46**

.08

.36**

.25*

.56**

.69**

.48**

.58**

School phobia

1.87 (1.96)

1.30 (1.84)

0.89 (1.45)

.41**

.44**

.06

.36**

.43**

.36**

.67**

.57**

.74**

Note: ** p ≤ .01; * p ≤ .05 (one-sided)

Weitkamp et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2010 4:19 doi:10.1186/1753-2000-4-19