Psychometric evaluation of social phobia and anxiety inventory for children (SPAI-C) and social anxiety scale for children-revised (SASC-R).
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.
Kuusikko
Sanna
S
Dept. of Child Psychiatry, Child Psychiatric Clinic, University and University Hospital of Oulu, Finland. kuusisan@paju.oulu.fi
Sanna
Kuusikko
K
Pollock-Wurman
Rachel
R
Rachel
Pollock-Wurman
PW
Ebeling
Hanna
H
Hanna
Ebeling
E
Hurtig
Tuula
T
Tuula
Hurtig
H
Joskitt
Leena
L
Leena
Joskitt
J
Mattila
Marja-Leena
ML
Marja-Leena
Mattila
M
Jussila
Katja
K
Katja
Jussila
J
Moilanen
Irma
I
Irma
Moilanen
M
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