Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children | Second Edition (MASC 2)

The MASC 2 asks a young person, and separately their parent, about the specific shapes anxiety takes. Not just whether a child is anxious, but whether that anxiety shows up as fear of separation, worry about being judged, physical symptoms, or a need to check and re-check.

Fifty items on each parallel form produce six scales: separation anxiety and phobias, a generalized anxiety disorder index, social anxiety, obsessions and compulsions, physical symptoms, and harm avoidance. Social anxiety and physical symptoms each break into two subscales. Alongside a Total Score, an Anxiety Probability Score estimates how likely it is the young person has one or more anxiety disorders, and an Inconsistency Index flags careless responding.

Licensing Notes: Distributed through WPS and Pearson requiring a Level B qualification (graduate-level coursework in tests and measurement, or documented equivalent training) Forms are consumables; online administration and scoring are available. Reproduction requires publisher permission.

Learn More: Two things are new in the second edition and account for much of its use: the GAD Index, which differentiates children with an anxiety disorder from the general population, and the Obsessions and Compulsions scale.