Parent-Child Agreement Using the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale and a Thermometer in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Table 2

Agreement between parent and child SCAS subscales and total score for the ASD and TYP groups.

	Child SA	Child SP	Child OCD	Child PA	Child PIF	Child GA	Child total
Typically developing
Parent Separation Anxiety	.299^*	.112	.262	.319^*	.018	.084	.262
Parent Social Phobia	.067	.336^*	−.031	−.036	.247	−.122	.100
Parent Obsessive Compulsive Disorder	.236	.117	.083	.068	.122	−.059	.130
Parent Panic/Agoraphobia	.295	.291	.155	.343^*	.250	.166	.342^*
Parent Physical Injury Fears	.020	.327^*	−.142	−.042	.517^**	.222	.171
Parent Generalised Anxiety	.238	.130	.195	.282	.354^*	.213	.315^*
Parent total	.268	.360^*	.113	.206	.392^**	.104	.320^*
ASD
Parent Separation Anxiety	.306^*	.345^*	.049	.219	.220	.223	.287
Parent Social Phobia	−.037	.180	−.167	−.033	.052	.001	−.005
Parent Obsessive Compulsive Disorder	−.016	.056	.106	.085	.105	.128	.100
Parent Panic/Agoraphobia	.223	.322^*	.058	.145	.169	.232	.244
Parent Physical Injury Fears	.121	.053	−.026	.036	.290	.012	.089
Parent Generalised Anxiety	.248	.218	−.007	.168	.219	.196	.215
Parent total	.227	.324^*	−.006	.163	.280	.209	.247

SA, separation anxiety; SP, social phobia; OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; PA, panic/agoraphobia; PIF, Physical Injury Fears; GA, Generalised Anxiety, SCAS, Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale; ^*, ^**.