Symptoms of anxiety and depression
Children’s symptoms of anxiety and depression were assessed with the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC; March, Parker, Sullivan, Stallings, & Conners, 1997) and the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI; Kovacs, 1981), respectively. Both measures have demonstrated excellent psychometric properties in previous research (Kovacs, 1981; March et al., 1997). In the current sample both the MASC and the CDI exhibited excellent internal consistency (αs = .87 and .74, respectively).