Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED) – Child version

Welcome to your Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED) - Child version

When I feel frightened, it is hard to breathe.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I get headaches when I am at school.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I don’t like to be with people I don’t know well.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

1 out of 10

I worry about other people liking me.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

When I get frightened, I feel like passing out.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I am nervous.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I follow my mother or father wherever they go.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

2 out of 10

People tell me that I look nervous.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I feel nervous with people I don’t know well.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I get stomachaches at school.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

When I get frightened, I feel like I am going crazy.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

3 out of 10

I worry about sleeping alone.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I worry about being as good as other kids.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

When I get frightened, I feel like things are not real.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I have nightmares about something bad happening to my parents.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

4 out of 10

I worry about going to school.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

When I get frightened, my heart beats fast.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I get shaky.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I have nightmares about something bad happening to me.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I worry about things working out for me.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

5 out of 10

When I get frightened, I sweat a lot.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I am a worrier.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I get really frightened for no reason at all.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I am afraid to be alone in the house.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

6 out of 10

It is hard for me to talk with people I don’t know well.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

When I get frightened, I feel like I am choking.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

People tell me that I worry too much.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I don’t like to be away from my family.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

7 out of 10

I am afraid of having anxiety (or panic) attacks.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I worry that something bad might happen to my parents.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I feel shy with people I don’t know well.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I worry about what is going to happen in the future.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

8 out of 10

When I get frightened, I feel like throwing up.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I worry about how well I do things.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I am scared to go to school.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I worry about things that have already happened.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

9 out of 10

When I get frightened, I feel dizzy.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I feel nervous when I am with other children or adults and I have to do something while they watch me (for example: read aloud, speak, play a game, play a sport.)

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I feel nervous when I am going to parties, dances, or any place where there will be people that I don’t know well.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

I am shy.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

10 out of 10