Table 5 Standardized factor loadings and factor internal consistency on independent dataset (N = 431)

Generalized anxiety

0.91

5

I worry about other people liking me

0.71

0.90

21

I worry about things working out for me

0.67

0.90

33

I worry about what is going to happen in the future

0.72

0.90

14

I worry about being as good as other kids

0.73

0.90

23

I am a worrier

0.75

0.90

28

People tell me that I worry too much

0.69

0.90

35

I worry about how well I do things

0.74

0.90

37

I worry about things that have already happened

0.75

0.90

20

I have nightmares about something bad happening to me

0.60

0.91

9

People tell me I look nervous

0.58

0.91

7

I am nervous

0.58

0.91

19

I get shaky

0.63

0.91

Panic/somatic symptoms

0.89

27

When I get frightened, I feel like I am choking

0.81

0.86

6

When I get frightened, I feel like passing out

0.36

0.90

12

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

0.77

0.86

1

When I feel frightened, it is hard to breathe

0.75

0.86

38

When I get frightened, I feel dizzy.

0.76

0.86

34

When I get frightened, I feel like throwing up

0.71

0.86

24

I get really frightened for no reason at all

0.69

0.86

30

I am afraid of having anxiety (or panic) attacks

0.62

0.87

18

When I get frightened, my heart beats fast

0.64

0.87

22

When I get frightened, I sweat a lot.

0.55

0.87

15

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

0.63

0.87

Social anxiety

0.88

32

I feel shy with people I don’t know well

0.73

0.86

26

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

0.71

0.86

41

I am shy

0.73

0.86

3

I don’t like to be with people I don’t know well

0.69

0.87

40

I feel nervous about going to parties, dances, or any place where there will be people that I don’t know well

0.80

0.86

10

I feel nervous with people I don’t know well

0.81

0.86

39

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

0.66

0.87

4

I get scared if I sleep away from home

0.49

0.89

Separation anxiety

0.76

25

I am afraid to be alone in the house

0.72

0.73

29

I don’t like to be away from my family

0.57

0.74

13

I worry about sleeping alone

0.66

0.73

16

I have nightmares about something bad happening to my parents

0.54

0.76

31

I worry that something bad might happen to my parents

0.58

0.74

8

I follow my mother or father wherever they go

0.54

0.75

School avoidance

0.86

36

I am scared to go to school

0.93

0.78

17

I worry about going to school

0.93

0.78

2

I get headaches when I am at school

0.65

0.83

11

I get stomachaches at school

0.56

0.87

0.95