title: The facets of anxiety sensitivity represented in the childhood anxiety sensitivity index: confirmatory analyses of factor models from past studies.
abstract: Results of past factor analytic studies of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index and Anxiety Sensitivity Index were used to formulate hypotheses about factor models of anxiety sensitivity. Using a nonclinical sample of 767 children and adolescents and confirmatory factor analysis, hypothesized models with 2, 3, and 4 lower order factors (facets) were tested. Goodness-of-fit criteria indicated that a model with 4 facets fits these data well. Support was found for factorial invariance of the 4 facets across age and gender, using nonclinical and clinical samples. Results support a hierarchical factor model in that there was a strong general factor, explaining 71% of the variance. Findings are discussed in the context of anxiety sensitivity theory and research with children and adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Child and Family Psychosocial Research Center, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami 33199, USA. silverw@fiu.edu
authors.forename: Wendy K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.forename: Arnold W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Goedhart
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires