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

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The study evaluated the psychometric properties of Finnish versions of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C) and the Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised (SASC-R). 352 students (M = 12.2 years) participated in the study and completed the SPAI-C and SASC-R. In addition, 68 participants (M = 12.2 years) and their parents were interviewed with the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Aged Children (K-SADS-PL). The SPAI-C was more sensitive for identifying youth meeting criteria for social phobia (SP), whereas the SASC-R demonstrated greater specificity. The youth in this sample had lower mean total scores on the self-report questionnaires than did those in the original validitation studies of the SPAI-C and SASC-R conducted in America. These findings question whether cross-cultural differences in the expression of SP influence the clinical cut-off scores used in translated versions of social anxiety questionnaires.

Object Details

• Extent: Seite(n): 116-124
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 18(2)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Psychologie ; psychologische Diagnostik und Beratung, psychologische Methoden ; psychische Störungen, Behandlung und Prävention

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kuusikko, Sanna ; Pollock-Wurman, Rachel ; Ebeling, Hanna ; Hurtig, Tuula ; Joskitt, Leena ; Mattila, Marja-Leena ; Jussila, Katja ; Moilanen, Irma
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Deutschland
• (when): 2008

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-008-0712-x
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-123538
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST