Date: ____________
Form completed by: P
ID#: __________
Time point: BL 8 Post Fup
COMET
Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) - Parent Version
DIRECTIONS: 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” or “Somewhat True or Sometimes True” or “Very True
or Often True” for your child. Then for each sentence, circle the number that describes your child
best during the past 3 months.
Not True Somewhat Very
or Hardly True or True or
Ever Sometimes Often
True True True
1. When my child feels frightened, it is hard for him/her to 0 1 2
breathe.
2. My child gets headaches when he/she is at school. 0 1 2
3. My child doesn’t like to be with people he/she doesn’t 0 1 2
know well.
4. My child gets scared if he/she sleeps away from home. 0 1 2
5. My child worries about other people liking him/her. 0 1 2
6. When my child gets frightened, my child feels like passing 0 1 2
out.
7. My child is nervous. 0 1 2
8. My child follow me wherever I go. 0 1 2
9. People tell me that my child looks nervous. 0 1 2
10. My child feels nervous with people he/she doesn’t know 0 1 2
well.
11. My child gets stomachaches at school. 0 1 2
12. When my child gets frightened, he/she feels like he/she 0 1 2
is going crazy.
13. My child worries about sleeping alone. 0 1 2
14. My child worries about being as good as other kids. 0 1 2
15. When my child gets frightened, my child feel like things 0 1 2
are not real.
16. My child has nightmares about something bad 0 1 2
happening to his/her parents.
17. My child worries about going to school. 0 1 2
18. When my child gets frightened, his/her heart beats fast. 0 1 2
19. My child gets shaky. 0 1 2
20. My child has nightmares about something bad 0 1 2
happening to him/her.
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Date: ____________
Form completed by: P
ID#: __________
Time point: BL 8 Post Fup
COMET
Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) - Parent Version
21. My child worries about things working out for him/her. 0 1 2
Not True Somewhat Very
or Hardly True or True or
Ever Sometimes Often
True True True
22. When my child gets frightened, he/she sweats a lot. 0 1 2
23. My child is a worrier. 0 1 2
24. My child gets really frightened for no reason at all. 0 1 2
25. My child is afraid to be alone in the house. 0 1 2
26. It is hard for my child to talk with people he/she doesn’t 0 1 2
know well.
27. When my child gets frightened, he/she feels like he/she 0 1 2
is choking.
28. People tell me that my child worries too much. 0 1 2
29. My child doesn’t like to be away from his/her family. 0 1 2
30. My child is afraid of having anxiety (or panic) attacks. 0 1 2
31. My child worry that something bad might happen to 0 1 2
his/her parents.
32. My child feels shy with people he/she doesn’t know 0 1 2
well.
33. My child worries about what is going to happen in the 0 1 2
future.
34. When my child get frightened, he/she feels like throwing 0 1 2
up.
35. My child worries about how well he/she does things. 0 1 2
36. My child is scared to go to school. 0 1 2
37. My child worries about things that have already 0 1 2
happened.
38. When my child gets frightened, he/she feels dizzy. 0 1 2
39. My child feels nervous when he/she is with other 0 1 2
children or adults and he/she has to do something while
they watch him/her (for example: read aloud, speak, play a
game, play a sport.)
40. My child feel nervous when he/she is going to parties, 0 1 2
dances, or any place where there will be people that he/she
doesn’t know well.
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Date: ____________
Form completed by: P
ID#: __________
Time point: BL 8 Post Fup
COMET
Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) - Parent Version
41. My child is shy. 0 1 2
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