title: Psychometric evaluation of social phobia and anxiety inventory for children (SPAI-C) and social anxiety scale for children-revised (SASC-R).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Child Psychiatry, Child Psychiatric Clinic, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Finland. kuusisan@paju.oulu.fi
authors.forename: Sanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuusikko
authors.forename: Kuusikko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sanna
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pollock-Wurman
authors.forename: Pollock-Wurman
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Rachel
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ebeling
authors.forename: Ebeling
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hanna
authors.forename: Tuula
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hurtig
authors.forename: Hurtig
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tuula
authors.forename: Leena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Joskitt
authors.forename: Joskitt
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leena
authors.forename: Marja-Leena
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Mattila
authors.forename: Mattila
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marja-Leena
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jussila
authors.forename: Jussila
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Katja
authors.forename: Irma
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moilanen
authors.forename: Moilanen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Irma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires