Anxiety (SCARED, 5-item) in Children/Youth

This survey is designed to provide a quick assessment of whether or not a child/youth might have signs and symptoms related to anxiety. However, no test is 100% accurate. No matter what your score is, you should seek help if you have any concerns about yourself or your loved ones.

 

This questionnaire is the SCARED (5-item), and is meant to be filled out by a child/youth.

 

Please ask the child/youth to fill out the following:

 

Below is a list of sentences that describe how people feel.

 

Read each phrase and decide if it is

  • “Not True or Hardly Ever True” (0)
  • “Somewhat True or Sometimes True” (1) or
  • “Very True or Often True” for you (2)

Then, for each sentence, fill in one circle that corresponds to the response that seems to describe you for the last 3 months. 

1. I get really frightened for no reason at all.
(0.0) (1.0) (2.0)
2. I am afraid to be alone in the house.
(0.0) (1.0) (2.0)
3. People tell me that I worry too much.
(0.0) (1.0) (2.0)
4. I am scared to go to school.
(0.0) (1.0) (2.0)
5. I am shy.
(0.0) (1.0) (2.0)