scholarly journals Psychometric evaluation of social phobia and anxiety inventory for children (SPAI-C) and social anxiety scale for children-revised (SASC-R)

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuusikko Sanna ◽  
Pollock-Wurman Rachel ◽  
Ebeling Hanna ◽  
Hurtig Tuula ◽  
Joskitt Leena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Anxiety Scale

Psychometric evaluation of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents and the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children: construct validity and normative data

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 665-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric A. Storch ◽  
Carrie Masia-Warner ◽  
Heather C. Dent ◽  
Jonathan W. Roberti ◽  
Paige H. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals Erratum to: Psychometric evaluation of social phobia and anxiety inventory for children (SPAI-C) and social anxiety scale for children-revised (SASC-R)

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 625-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanna Kuusikko ◽  
Rachel Pollock-Wurman ◽  
Hanna Ebeling ◽  
Tuula Hurtig ◽  
Leena Joskitt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Anxiety Scale

Konvergenz von Skalen zur Erfassung sozialer Ängste: Ein IRT-Linking Ansatz

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Cardace ◽  
Julian Rubel ◽  
Uwe Altmann ◽  
Martin Merkler ◽  
Brian Schwartz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Brief Symptom Inventory ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Symptom Inventory ◽  
Psychiatrische Patienten ◽  
Graded Response ◽  
Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale

Zusammenfassung Ziel der Studie Bei der Untersuchung von sozialer Ängstlichkeit haben sich die Fragebögen Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) und das Social Phobia-Inventory (SPIN) etabliert. Außerdem wird zum Screening sozialer Ängstlichkeit häufig die Subskala Unsicherheit im Sozialkontakt des Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-53) eingesetzt. Alle drei Skalen geben vor dasselbe Konstrukt zu erfassen. Somit stellt sich die Frage der Konvergenz dieser Skalen. Um Forschungsergebnisse zu sozialer Ängstlichkeit, welche diese Instrumente nutzen, über einen fragebogenübergreifenden Faktor (Common-Faktor) vergleichbar zu machen, wird in der vorliegenden Studie ein Item Response Theorie (IRT) Linking Ansatz verwendet. Methodik 64 deutschsprachige psychiatrische Patienten und 295 Probanden aus der deutschen Normalbevölkerung füllten die drei Fragebögen aus. Verschiedene IRT-Modelle – darunter Graded Response Modelle (GRM) – wurden an die Daten angepasst und verglichen. Basierend auf dem Modell mit dem besten Fit wurden Regressionsanalysen durchgeführt. Der Common-Faktor wurde dabei jeweils von den Fragebogensummenwerten vorhergesagt. Ergebnisse Der Zusammenhang zwischen den verschiedenen Skalen wird am besten durch ein Bi-Faktor GRM erklärt (RMSEA=0,036; CFI=0,977; WRMR=1,061). Anhand der Ergebnisse der Regressionsanalysen lassen sich drei Gleichungen zur Transformation von Fragebogensummenwerten ableiten. Schlussfolgerung Durch den IRT Linking Ansatz konnte ein fragebogenübergreifender genereller Faktor Sozialer Ängstlichkeit abgeleitet werden. Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede wurden dabei berücksichtigt. Dies hat sowohl für die Forschung als auch für die Praxis Vorteile. Eine Replikation dieser Studie sowie die Implementierung weiterer Instrumente wird empfohlen, um die Gültigkeit dieses Ansatzes zu überprüfen und die Ergebnisse zu generalisieren.

Psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale

1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. HEIMBERG ◽  
K. J. HORNER ◽  
H. R. JUSTER ◽  
S. A. SAFREN ◽  
E. J. BROWN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Pharmacological Treatments ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Excellent Internal Consistency ◽  
Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale ◽  
Treatment Sensitivity

Background. The present study provides data on the reliability, validity and treatment sensitivity of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), one of the most commonly used clinician-administered scales for the assessment of social phobia.Method. Three hundred and eighty-two patients from several studies of the treatment of social phobia were evaluated. An independent assessor administered the LSAS to each patient prior to the initiation of treatment. Patients also completed other measures of social anxiety and avoidance, although the specific measures varied across samples.Results. The LSAS and its subscales were normally distributed and demonstrated excellent internal consistency. The convergent validity of the LSAS was demonstrated via significant correlations with other commonly-used measures of social anxiety and avoidance. These correlations also tended to be larger than correlations with measures of depression, especially after treatment. However, the pattern of correlations of LSAS subscales with one another and with the other measures suggest that the fear subscales and the avoidance subscales may not be sufficiently distinct in clinical samples. The LSAS was also demonstrated to be sensitive to the effects of pharmacological treatments of social phobia over time and in comparison to double-blind pill placebo.Conclusion. The LSAS appears to be a reliable, valid and treatment sensitive measure of social phobia. Further study of the LSAS, both in samples with severe social phobia and in community samples, is needed.

Social Fears in Adolescence

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Cunha ◽  
José Pinto Gouveia ◽  
Maria do Céu Salvador
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
General Anxiety ◽  
Development Factor ◽  
The Social ◽  
Valid Instrument

This study describes the development, factor structure, psychometric properties, and validity of the Social Anxiety and Avoidance Scale for Adolescents (SAASA). Two subscales assessing discomfort and avoidance of typical social situations faced by adolescents constitute the SAASA. Both subscales revealed good internal consistency and temporal stability. Convergent validity was determined comparing the Social Anxiety and Avoidance Scale for Adolescents (SAASA) scores to Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents scores (SAS-A), scores for general anxiety (Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale, RCMAS), and scores for depression (Children’s Depression Inventory, CDI) . Confirmatory factor analyses supported six distinct factors revealing different dimensions of social fears. The SAASA effectively discriminated between adolescents with social phobia with and without comorbid diagnoses, and adolescents with social phobia from adolescents with other anxiety disorders or without any disorder. These results suggest that the SAASA is a valid instrument to use in the clinical assessment and research on adolescent social phobia.

A Psychometric Evaluation of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents in an Educational Setting

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 519-528
Author(s):  
Cliodhna E. M. O’Connor ◽  
Amanda Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Educational Setting ◽  
The Social ◽  
Adolescent Sample

Social anxiety in adolescents oftentimes goes undetected because of the internalized nature of the disorder as well as adolescents’ reluctance to discuss their mental health. A reliable and valid self-report measure for assessing symptoms of social anxiety in adolescents for use in an educational setting is particularly important because of the burden that social anxiety can have in educational settings. This study aimed to test the previously proposed two-factor structure of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SASA), Apprehension and Fear of Negative Evaluation and Tension and Inhibition in Social Contact, in an adolescent sample ( n = 215; 12-18 years; 90 female) in Ireland using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). CFA validated the two-factor structure of the SASA previously found in Slovenian- and Spanish-speaking samples. Correlations with other measures of social anxiety also showed good validity for the SASA.

scholarly journals Validity of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) Measurement Tool

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-26
Author(s):  
Beatrice Kalalo ◽  
Celine Amanda Marlietama ◽  
Graceveline Cristabel
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Social Interaction Anxiety ◽  
Social Interaction Anxiety Scale ◽  
Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale ◽  
Interaction Anxiety

Social phobia adalah ketakutan seseorang ketika beraktivitas di depan orang lain, seperti makan, minum, gemetar, memerah, berbicara, menulis atau muntah. Aktivitas ini merujuk kepada kecemasan dalam diri seseorang. Terdapat dua aspek yang dapat digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi kecemasan yaitu performance dan social. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji validasi alat ukur Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS). Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan kriteria subjek mahasiswa aktif strata 1 usia 17-25 tahun. Subjek penelitian berjumlah 177 mahasiswa dari berbagai perguruan tinggi di Indonesia. Data diperoleh melalui google form yang disebarkan secara online dan data diolah menggunakan aplikasi SPSS. Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah accidental sampling sehingga subjek yang dibutuhkan adalah subjek yang memenuhi kriteria di atas. Validasi alat ukur pada penelitian ini menggunakan sumber bukti berdasarkan struktur internal dan korelasi dengan alat ukur lain (Beck Depression Inventory dan Social Interaction Anxiety Scale). Hasil yang diperoleh dari penelitian ini membuktikan bahwa alat ukur LSAS valid dan dapat digunakan untuk mengukur kecemasan sosial.

Psychometric Evaluation of the Social Phobia Inventory and the Mini-Social Phobia Inventory in a Swedish University Student Sample

2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 323-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Mörtberg ◽  
Markus Jansson Fröjmark
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
University Student ◽  
Divergent Validity ◽  
Swedish Version ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
The Social ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity

Social anxiety is common in the general population, as well as among students in higher education. For screening of social anxiety, there is a need for brief scales. In the present study, the psychometric properties were examined in a Swedish version of the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) and the Mini-Social Phobia Inventory (Mini-SPIN) in a university student sample ( n = 161). In addition to the SPIN and Mini-SPIN, participants completed measures of fear of public speaking, general anxiety, depression, and quality of life. Exploratory factor analyses were used to investigate the underlying dimensions of the SPIN, and reliability, convergent, and divergent validity of SPIN and Mini-SPIN were examined by Cronbach’s alpha and correlation analyses. It was found that a shorter eight-item version of the SPIN was associated with two solid factors ( fear and avoidance of social interaction and fear and avoidance of criticism), and acceptable internal consistency, convergent, and divergent validity. In addition, the Mini-SPIN was associated with satisfactory convergent validity, but the reliability was not acceptable. It is concluded that the SPIN-8 is a viable screening tool for social anxiety in a university student population.

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