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

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

When my child feels frightened, it is hard for him/her to breathe.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

My child gets headaches when he/she is at school.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

My child doesn’t like to be with people he/she doesn’t know well.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

My child gets scared if he/she sleeps away from home.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

1 out of 10

My child worries about other people liking him/her

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

When my child gets frightened, he/she feels like passing out

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

My child is nervous.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

My child follows me wherever I go.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

2 out of 10

People tell me that my child looks nervous.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

My child feels nervous with people he/she doesn’t know well.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

My child gets stomachaches at school.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

When my child gets frightened, he/she feels like he/she is going crazy.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

3 out of 10

My child worries about sleeping alone

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

My child worries about being as good as other kids

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

When he/she gets frightened, he/she feels like things are not real.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

My child has nightmares about something bad happening to his/her parents.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

4 out of 10

He/she gets shaky.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

When my child gets frightened, his/her heart beats fast.

Hardly true Sometimes true Often true

My child has nightmares about something bad happening to him/her

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

My child worries about things working out for him/her.

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

5 out of 10

When my child gets frightened, he/she sweats a lot.

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

My child is a worrier.

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

My child gets really frightened for no reason at all.

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

My child is afraid to be alone in the house.

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

6 out of 10

It is hard for my child to talk with people he/she doesn’t know well

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

When my child gets frightened, he/she feels like he/she is choking.

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

My child doesn’t like to be away from his/her family.

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

My child is afraid of having anxiety (or panic) attacks

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

7 out of 10

My child worries that something bad might happen to his/her parents.

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

My child feels shy with people he/she doesn’t know well

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

My child worries about what is going to happen in the future.

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

When my child gets frightened, he/she feels like throwing up

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

8 out of 10

My child worries about how well he/she does things.

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

My child is scared to go to school.

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

My child worries about things that have already happened.

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

When my child gets frightened, he/she feels dizzy.

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

9 out of 10

My child feels nervous when he/she is with other children or adults and he/she has to do something while they watch him/her (for example: read aloud, speak, play a game, play a sport.)

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

My child feels nervous when he/she is going to parties, dances, or any place where there will be people that he/she doesn’t know well.

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

My child is shy

Hardly true

Sometimes true

Often true

10 out of 10