title: Psychometric comparability of English- and Spanish-language measures of anxiety and related affective symptoms.
abstract: An array of measures of anxiety and related disorders (viz., Albany Panic and Phobia Questionnaire; Anxiety Sensitivity Index; Beck Anxiety Inventory; Beck Depression Inventory-II; Body Sensation Questionnaire; Fear Questionnaire; Padua Inventory; Penn State Worry Questionnaire; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Diagnostic Scale; Social Interaction Anxiety Inventory; and Worry Scale) was edited or translated from English into Spanish. Following an extensive edit and translation process, bilingual participants (n = 98) were assessed with the English and Spanish versions of these measures. Coefficient alphas were excellent and comparable across language versions. Means and standard deviations were also comparable across language versions. Evidence of convergent and discriminant validity was found for both language versions. The two language versions of each measure correlated highly with each other. This psychometric comparability adds confidence in using the newly edited or translated Spanish language measures in clinical practice and research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, USA. diane.novy@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Novy
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Averill
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Daza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014177:Translations