Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED)

Please answer the following questions with the choice that seems to describe you/your child for the past 3 months.

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When I feel frightened, it is hard to breathe.

I get headaches when I am at school.

I don't like to be with people I don't know well.

I get scared if I sleep away from home.

I worry about other people liking me.

When I get frightened, I feel like passing out.

I am nervous.

I follow my mother or father wherever they go.

People tell me that I look nervous.

I feel nervous with people I don't know well.

I get stomachaches at school.

When I get frightened, I feel like I am going crazy.

I worry about sleeping alone.

I worry about being as good as other kids.

When I get frightened, I feel like things are not real.

I have nightmares about something bad happening to my parents.

I worry about going to school.

When I get frightened, my heart beats fast.

I get shaky.

I have nightmares about something bad happening to me.

I worry about things working out for me.

When I get frightened, I sweat a lot.

I am a worrier.

I get really frightened for no reason at all.

I am afraid to be alone in the house.

It is hard for me to talk with people I don't know well.

When I get frightened, I feel like I am choking.

People tell me that I worry too much.

I don't like to be away from my family.

I am afraid of having anxiety (or panic) attacks.

I worry that something bad might happen to my parents.

I feel shy with people I don't know well.

I worry about what is going to happen in the future.

When I feel frightened, I feel like throwing up.

I worry about how well I do things.

I am scared to go to school.

I worry about things that have already happened.

When I get frightened, I feel dizzy.

I feel nervous when I am with other children or adults and I have to do something while they watch me (for example: read aloud, speak, play a game, play a sport).

I feel nervous when I am going to parties, dances or any place where there will be people that I don't know well.

I am shy.