SCARED — Child–Parent Symptom Network Analysis
Network-based modeling to understand child–parent discrepancies in anxiety symptoms.
Traditional psychological scoring methods collapse symptoms into a single number, losing the relationships between symptoms and the discrepancies between child and parent reports. This project uses network analysis to treat each symptom as a node, revealing central, influential, and bridging symptoms across 31 child–parent dyads.
Symptom Network (Arc Diagram)
Nodes are symptoms, colored by subscale. Arc thickness reflects correlation strength.
Child vs. Parent Scores
Each point is a symptom. Points above the dashed line indicate parents rated higher than children.
Median Score by Subscale and Reporter
Comparing child and parent median scores across anxiety subscales.
Network Metrics
| Metric | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Degree centrality | How many symptoms a given symptom is directly connected to. |
| Betweenness | How often a symptom lies on the shortest path between other symptoms. |
| Closeness | How near a symptom is—on average—to all other symptoms. |
| Eigenvector | Influence: a symptom connected to other highly influential symptoms. |