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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access published online on July 20, 2005
Journal of Pediatric Psychology, doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsj044
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Journal of Pediatric Psychology © The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oupjournals.org
Received October 3, 2004
Revised May 29, 2005
Accepted June 9, 2005

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Brief Measures to Screen for Social Phobia in Primary Care Pediatrics

Kelly A. Bailey MA1, Denise A. Chavira PhD2, Martin T. Stein MD2, and Murray B. Stein MD, MPH2*

1 San Diego State University
2 University of California at San Diego

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Murray B. Stein, E-mail: mstein{at}ucsd.edu


  Abstract

Objective To evaluate the usefulness of screening measures to detect social phobia among youth in a primary care setting. Methods Families recruited from a pediatric primary care setting completed by mail the Social Anxiety Scale (SAS), the Social Worries Questionnaire (SWQ), and the social phobia subscale of the Screen for Child Related Anxiety Disorders (SCARED). Diagnoses were obtained from 190 parent interviews. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses were used to determine the utility of the measures as screening instruments. Results Most of the parent report measures, including the single item ("My child is shy") from the SCARED, were at least moderately accurate screeners and performed best for the generalized subtype of social phobia. Conclusion The use of valid, brief screening instruments can significantly improve the feasibility of detecting social phobia among youth in primary care pediatric settings.

Keywords: anxiety; primary care; screening; social anxiety.
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