Centre for Emotional Health
Children's Automatic Thoughts Scale (CATS)
The CATS is a developmentally sensitive, general measure of negative self-statements across both internalizing and externalizing problems. Four separate subscales of cognitive content are assessed including physical threat, social threat, personal failure, and hostility. The CATS is designed for children and adolescents aged between 8 and 17 years of age.
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Relevant References
Micco, J. A., & Ehrenreich, J. T. (2009). Validity and specificity of the children's automatic thoughts scale in clinically anxious and non-clinical children. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 33(5), 532-536.
Schniering, C. A., & Lyneham, H. J. (2007). The Children's Automatic Thoughts Scale in a clinical sample: Psychometric properties and clinical utility. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45(8), 1931-1940.
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Schniering, C. A., & Rapee, R. M. (2002). Development and validation of a measure of children's automatic thoughts: The Children's Automatic Thoughts Scale. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 40, 1091-1109.
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Schniering, C. A., & Rapee, R. M. (2004). The Strucutre of Negative Self-Statements in Children and Adolescents: A Confirmatory Factor Analystic Approach. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 32, 95-109.
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Schniering, C.A., & Lyneham, H. (2006). The Children’s Automatic Thoughts Scale in a Clinical Sample: Reliability, validity and sensitivity to treatment changes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1931-1940.