scholarly journals Psychometric properties of an innovative self-report measure: The Social Anxiety Questionnaire for adults.

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 997-1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente E. Caballo ◽  
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Benito Arias ◽  
Isabel C. Salazar ◽  
María Jesús Irurtia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Self Report ◽  
The Social ◽  
Report Measure ◽  
Anxiety Questionnaire

The Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Children: Cross-Cultural Assessment with a New Self-Report Measure

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 695-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente E. Caballo ◽  
◽  
Isabel C. Salazar ◽  
Benito Arias ◽  
Marta Calderero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Self Report ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Assessment ◽  
Report Measure ◽  
Anxiety Questionnaire

scholarly journals Measuring Social Anxiety in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Psychometric Properties of Self-Report Instruments

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelsie Boulton ◽  
Adam Guastella
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Dual Diagnosis ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Adults With Autism ◽  
The Social ◽  
Autistic Adults

Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at elevated risk for social anxiety disorder (SAD). Limited information exists on the appropriateness of using social anxiety instruments with these adults. This study examines psychometric properties of self-report social anxiety instruments in autistic adults without intellectual disability, compared to adults with SAD. Additionally, we compared instrument scores between autistic adults with a dual diagnosis of SAD and adults with SAD only. Adults diagnosed with SAD (N=316) or ASD (N=102) were recruited from the Brain and Mind Centre in New South Wales, Australia. Sixty autistic participants received a diagnosis of SAD. Participants completed the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale-self-report, the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale, the Social Phobia Scale, and the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale. All instruments showed excellent internal consistency in autistic adults. Summary scores across instruments were strongly correlated within both groups, and the strength of these correlations were equivalent between ASD and SAD. For all instruments, the performance of autistic adults with a dual diagnosis of SAD was comparable to adults diagnosed with SAD only. Findings suggest that these instruments display adequate psychometric properties in autistic adults without intellectual disability, supporting the use of these instruments in clinical services.

Measuring Social Anxiety in 11 Countries

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente E. Caballo ◽  
Isabel C. Salazar ◽  
María Jesús Irurtia ◽  
Benito Arias ◽  
Stefan G. Hofmann
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Anxiety Questionnaire

This paper reports on two studies conducted to develop and validate a new self-report measure of social phobia/anxiety – the Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults (SAQ-A) (Cuestionario de ansiedad social para adultos, CASO-A). A diary-item recording procedure was used to generate the initial pool of items. In Study 1, data from 12,144 participants provided 6 factors with moderate intercorrelations. Estimates of internal consistency reliability were adequate (range = .86 to .92) for the 6 factors included in the final confirmatory factor analysis. In Study 2, data provided by 10,118 nonclinical participants were used to explore preliminary reliability and validity estimates for a revised version of the SAQ-A – the Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults Revised (SAQ-AR). Approximately 106 researchers from 10 Latin American countries and Spain contributed to this data collection process. Specific comments are made on the structure of the new questionnaire as regards some commonly-used self-report measures of social phobia/anxiety.

A self-report measure of subtle avoidance and safety behaviors relevant to social anxiety: Development and psychometric properties

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 879-883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Cuming ◽  
Ronald M. Rapee ◽  
Nicola Kemp ◽  
Maree J. Abbott ◽  
Lorna Peters ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Safety Behaviors ◽  
Report Measure

Psychometric Properties of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C)

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Ogliari ◽  
Simona Scaini ◽  
Michael J. Kofler ◽  
Valentina Lampis ◽  
Annalisa Zanoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Emotional Disorders ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Public Performance ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
The Social ◽  
General Populations

Reliable and valid self-report questionnaires could be useful as initial screening instruments for social phobia in both clinical settings and general populations. The present study investigates the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C) in a sample of 228 children from the Italian general population aged 8 to 11. The children were asked to complete the Italian version of the SPAI-C and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that social phobia can be conceptualized as a unitary construct consisting of five distinct but interrelated symptom clusters named Assertiveness, General Conversation, Physical/Cognitive Symptoms, Avoidance, and Public Performance. Internal consistency of the SPAI-C total scores and two subscales was good; correlations between SPAI-C total scores and SCARED total scores/subscales ranged from moderate to high (Generalized Anxiety Disorder, for social phobia), with the SCARED Social Phobia subscale as the best predictor of SPAI-C total scores. The results indicate that the SPAI-C is a reliable and sensitive instrument suitable for identifying Social Phobia in the young Italian general population.

Measuring Social Anxiety in Late Life: A Psychometric Evaluation of a Newly Constructed Self-Report Measure of Social Anxiety

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine E. Gould ◽  
Caroline Ciliberti ◽  
Barry A. Edelstein ◽  
Merideth Smith ◽  
Lindsay A. Gerolimatos
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Constructed Self ◽  
Report Measure

Psychometric properties of a youth self-report measure of neglectful behavior by parents

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 414-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Dubowitz ◽  
Miguel T. Villodas ◽  
Alan J. Litrownik ◽  
Steven C. Pitts ◽  
Jon M. Hussey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Youth Self Report ◽  
Report Measure

scholarly journals The Parent Version of the Sensitivity to Pain Traumatization Scale (SPTS-P): A Preliminary Validation

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 537
Author(s):  
Jaimie K. Beveridge ◽  
Maria Pavlova ◽  
Joel Katz ◽  
Melanie Noel
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Preliminary Validation ◽  
Sensitivity To Pain ◽  
Report Measure ◽  
Parent Version

Sensitivity to pain traumatization (SPT) is defined as the propensity to develop responses to pain that resemble a traumatic stress reaction. To date, SPT has been assessed in adults with a self-report measure (Sensitivity to Pain Traumatization Scale (SPTS-12)). SPT may also be relevant in the context of parenting a child with chronic pain, as many of these parents report clinically elevated posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). This study aimed to develop and validate a measure of parent SPT by adapting the SPTS-12 and evaluating its psychometric properties in a sample of parents whose children have chronic pain. In total, 170 parents (90.6% female) and children (aged 10–18 years, 71.2% female) were recruited from a tertiary chronic pain program. Parents completed the parent version of the SPTS-12 (SPTS-P) and measures of PTSS, depression, and parenting behaviors. Youth completed measures of pain. Consistent with the SPTS-12, the SPTS-P demonstrated a one-factor structure that accounted for 45% of the variance, adequate to good reliability and moderate construct validity. Parent SPT was positively related to their protective and monitoring behaviors but was unrelated to youth pain intensity, unpleasantness, and interference. These results provide preliminary evidence for the psychometric properties of the SPTS-P and highlight the interaction between parent distress about child pain and parent responses to child pain.

scholarly journals Screening Social Anxiety in Adolescents Through the Eyes of Their Carers

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis-Joaquin Garcia-Lopez ◽  
Lourdes Espinosa-Fernandez ◽  
Jose-Antonio Muela-Martinez ◽  
Jose Antonio Piqueras
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Socially Anxious ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Validity Data ◽  
Efficacious Treatment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Strength Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Different Cultures

Despite the availability of efficacious treatment and screening protocols, social anxiety disorder (SAD) in adolescents is considerably under-detected and undertreated. Our main study objective was to examine a brief, valid, and reliable social anxiety measure already tested to serve as self-report child measure but administered via Internet aimed at listening to the ability of his or her parent to identify social anxiety symptomatology in his or her child. This parent version could be used as a complementary measure to avoid his or her overestimation of children of social anxiety symptomatology using traditional self-reported measures. We examined the psychometric properties of brief and valid social anxiety measure in their parent format and administered via the Internet. The sample included 179 parents/legal guardians of adolescents (67% girls) with a clinical diagnosis of SAD (mean age: 14.27; SD = 1.33). Findings revealed good factor structure, internal consistency, and construct validity. Data support a single, strength-based factor on the SPAIB-P, being structure largely invariant across age and gender. The limited number of adolescents with a performance-only specifier prevented examining the utility of scale to screen for this recently established specifier. It is crucial to evaluate if these results generalize to different cultures and community samples. The findings suggest that the SPAIB-P evidences performance comparable with child-reported measure. Parents can be reliable reports of the social anxiety symptomatology of the adolescent. The SPAIB-P may be useful for identifying clinically disturbed socially anxious adolescents.

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