[Reliability of the Portuguese-language version of the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) among adolescent students in the city of Rio de Janeiro].
It is believed that social phobia has its onset during adolescence and precedes other mental disorders; it is thus important to investigate the condition among young people. To date there is no self-reported scale validated for the Brazilian population. The present study investigated the reliability of the Portuguese-language version of the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) among adolescent students from public schools in the city of Rio de Janeiro. After SPIN was translated into Portuguese, a test-retest reliability study was carried out with 190 students. Intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) and weighted kappa (kappaw2) were estimated, log-linear models were fitted, and Bland & Altman graphs were built. The Portuguese version showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha=0.88) and good reliability for total score (ICC=0.78). Reliability for single items was not very good (kappaw2 between 0.32 and 0.65). The "semi-association" model fit most of the items best. Based on these findings we concluded that the Portuguese-language version of SPIN showed good reliability results, similar to those obtained with the original English-language version.
Vilete
Liliane Maria Pereira
LM
Instituto Phillippe Pinel, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. lilianevilete@hotmail.com
Coutinho
Evandro da Silva Freire
Eda S
Figueira
Ivan Luiz de Vasconcellos
IL
D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires