Raw score for generalized anxiety score, as part of the Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS).

2015-07-31

Copyright 1998 by BF Chorpita Ph.D. The development of anxiety: the role of control in the early environment. BF Chorpita, DH Barlow,Psychological bulletin 124 (1), 3, 2027

Includes scores from the following questions: 1, 13, 22, 27, 35, 37. Refer to Notes for the question numbers. Missing data for raw scores can be handled by prorating the remaining items within a scale. It is recommended that scales with more than 2 missing items are not scored. Likewise, the total anxiety score can have up to 10 missing items, but only if each subscale has no more than 2 missing; and the total anxiety 4 and depression score can have up to 12 missing items, but only if each subscale has no more than 2 missing items. To estimate the scale score, take the sum of the completed items within that scale and divide that by the number of items completed, then multiple by the total number of items in that scale, and then round the result. For example, if one item is missing from the separation anxiety scale (which has seven items), and the 6 completed items sum to 4, you would divide 4 by 6 (0.67), and then multiply by 7, which would yield 4.67, which then rounds to 5. Thus, you would count the score as a 5 not a 4 because of the prorating.