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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Comparing short forms of the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale and the Social Phobia Scale.

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 1116-1126 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Nicholas Carleton ◽  
Michel A. Thibodeau ◽  
Justin W. Weeks ◽  
Michelle J. N. Teale Sapach ◽  
Peter M. McEvoy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Short Forms ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Interaction Anxiety ◽  
Social Interaction Anxiety Scale ◽  
Interaction Anxiety

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.

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