Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale – Parent Version (RCADS-Parent)

Instructions:

Check the word that shows how often each of these things happens to your child. There are no right or wrong answers.

		Never	Sometimes	Often	Always
1	My child worries about things	0	1	2	3
2	My child feels sad or empty	0	1	2	3
3	When my child has a problem, he/she gets a funny feeling in his/her stomach.	0	1	2	3
4	My child worries when he/she thinks he/she has done poorly at something.	0	1	2	3
5	My child feels afraid of being alone at home.	0	1	2	3
6	Nothing is much fun for my child anymore.	0	1	2	3
7	My child feels scared when taking a test.	0	1	2	3
8	My child worries when he/she thinks someone is angry with him/her.	0	1	2	3
9	My child worries about being away from me.	0	1	2	3
10	My child is bothered by bad or silly thoughts or pictures in his/her mind.	0	1	2	3
11	My child has trouble sleeping.	0	1	2	3
12	My child worries about doing badly at schoolwork.	0	1	2	3
13	My child worries that something awful will happen to someone in the family	0	1	2	3
14	My child suddenly feels as if he/she can’t breathe when there is no reason for this.	0	1	2	3
15	My child has problems with his/her appetite	0	1	2	3
16	My child has to keep checking that he/she has done things right (like the switch is off, or the door is locked)	0	1	2	3

		Never	Sometimes	Often	Always
17	My child feels scared to sleep on his/her own	0	1	2	3
18	My child has trouble going to school in the mornings because of feeling nervous or afraid	0	1	2	3
19	My child has no energy for things	0	1	2	3
20	My child worries about looking foolish	0	1	2	3
21	My child is tired a lot	0	1	2	3
22	My child worries that bad things will happen to him/her	0	1	2	3
23	My child can’t seem to get bad or silly thoughts out of his/her head	0	1	2	3
24	When my child has a problem, his/her heart beats really fast	0	1	2	3
25	My child cannot think clearly	0	1	2	3
26	My child suddenly starts to tremble or shake when there is no reason for this	0	1	2	3
27	My child worries that something bad will happen to him/her	0	1	2	3
28	When my child has a problem, he/she feels shaky	0	1	2	3
29	My child feels worthless	0	1	2	3
30	My child worries about making mistakes	0	1	2	3
31	My child has to think of special thoughts (like numbers or words) to stop bad things from happening	0	1	2	3
32	My child worries what other people think of him/her	0	1	2	3
33	My child is afraid of being in crowded places (like shopping centers, the movies, buses, busy playgrounds)	0	1	2	3
34	All of a sudden my child will feel really scared for no reason at all	0	1	2	3
35	My child worries about what is going to happen	0	1	2	3
36	My child suddenly becomes dizzy or faint when there is no reason for this	0	1	2	3

		Never	Sometimes	Often	Always
	My child thinks about death	0	1	2	3
	My child feels afraid if he/she have to talk in front of the class	0	1	2	3
	My child’s heart suddenly starts to beat too quickly for no reason	0	1	2	3
	My child feels like he/she doesn’t want to move	0	1	2	3
	My child worries that he/she will suddenly get a scared feeling when there is nothing to be afraid of	0	1	2	3
	My child has to do some things over and over again (like washing hands, cleaning, or putting things in a certain order)	0	1	2	3
	My child feels afraid that he/she will make a fool of him/herself in front of people	0	1	2	3
	My child has to do some things in just the right way to stop bad things from happening.	0	1	2	3
	My child worries when in bed at night	0	1	2	3
	My child would feel scared if he/she had to stay away from home overnight.	0	1	2	3
	My child feels restless.	0	1	2	3

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References

Developer Reference:

Chorpita, B.F. & Spence, S.H. (1998).