Psychometric Properties and Clinical Cut-Off Scores of the Spanish Version of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents

This study examined the reliability and validity evidence drawn from the scores of the Spanish version of the Slovenian-developed Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SASA; Puklek, 1997 ; Puklek & Vidmar, 2000 ) using a community sample (Study 1) and a clinical sample (Study 2). Confirmatory fa...

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Published in:Journal of personality assessment 2011-09, Vol.93 (5), p.474-482
Main Authors: Garcia-Lopez, Luis J., Inglés, Cándido J., García-Fernández, José M., Hidalgo, María D., Bermejo, Rosa, Puklek Levpušček, Melita
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety
Anxiety - diagnosis
Anxiety - psychology
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnosis
Discriminant analysis
European Continental Ancestry Group
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Personality disorders
Phobia
Phobic Disorders - diagnosis
Phobic Disorders - psychology
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychological tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometric properties
Psychometrics
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reproducibility of Results
Social anxiety
Spain
Spanish version
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
Test-Retest reliability
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Summary:This study examined the reliability and validity evidence drawn from the scores of the Spanish version of the Slovenian-developed Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SASA; Puklek, 1997 ; Puklek & Vidmar, 2000 ) using a community sample (Study 1) and a clinical sample (Study 2). Confirmatory factor analysis in Study 1 replicated the 2-factor structure found by the original authors in a sample of Slovenian adolescents. Test-retest reliability was adequate. Furthermore, the SASA correlated significantly with other social anxiety scales, supporting concurrent validity evidence in Spanish adolescents. The results of Study 2 confirmed the correlations between the SASA and other social anxiety measures in a clinical sample. In addition, findings revealed that the SASA can effectively discriminate between adolescents with a clinical diagnosis of social anxiety disorder (SAD) and those without this disorder. Finally, cut-off scores for the SASA are provided for Spanish adolescents.
ISSN:0022-3891
1532-7752
DOI:10.1080/00223891.2011.594126