Psychometric properties of the Generalised Anxiety Disorder Dimensional Scale in an Australian sample.

The Generalised Anxiety Disorder Dimensional Scale is a new measure of generalised anxiety disorder developed to assist clinicians in the dimensional assessment of generalised anxiety disorder by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (Fifth Edition) Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum, Posttraumatic, and Dissociative Disorder Work Group. This study aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of the scale in an Australian community sample. A sample of 293 Australians (72.

Parents' beliefs, perceptions and practices: Influence on child school readiness in Western Sydney, Australia.

Beliefs, practices and perceptions of early child development informing school readiness were examined for parents of preschool-aged children living in one multicultural suburb in Western Sydney, Australia. Survey data (N = 87) and semi-structured interviews (N = 52) with parents were collected in public spaces (e.g.

Psychometric properties of the DSM-5 social anxiety disorder dimensional scale in an Australian community sample.

Objective: The Social Anxiety Disorder Dimensional Scale (SAD-D) is a 10-item scale developed by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (Fifth Edition) Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum, Posttraumatic, and Dissociative Disorder work group to supplement current dichotomous approaches to assessment of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the SAD-D in an Australian community sample.

Methods: Two-hundred and ninety-one participants (72.