title: Psychometric evaluation of the social phobia and anxiety inventory for children: concurrent validity and normative data.
abstract: Examined the relation of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C) to the Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised (SASC-R). The association between the SPAI-C and the SASC-R was moderate, suggesting that the measures assess overlapping, although not identical, constructs. Initial normative data are reported on the SPAI-C for a community sample of 277 4th-through 6th-grade children. Girls reported higher social anxiety on both measures than did boys. Notably, a substantial proportion of children were found to exceed suggested cut-off scores on both measures for identifying children with high levels of social anxiety, which suggests the importance of screening elementary-age children for social fears.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506-6040, USA.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Masia
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment