The Social Phobia Inventory: screening and cross-cultural validation in Spanish adolescents.
Availability of brief, self-report measures to be used as screening instruments is crucial to detect correctly youth with social anxiety disorder and therefore, reach those otherwise under-detected and under-treated. A previous study revealed that the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) was potentially an appropriate measure for screening social anxiety among US adolescents. However, there is a lack of information concerning its properties as a screening test in other cultures and languages. This is the main objective of this study, although further validity of the scale is provided as well. The sample consisted of 192 adolescents (a sample composed of 114 subjects with a principal diagnosis of social anxiety disorder; and a group consisting of 78 subjects with no diagnosis of social phobia). Results suggest that the Social Phobia Inventory has demonstrated good psychometric properties and indeed may be used as a screening tool in Spanish-speaking adolescents.
Universidad de Jaén, Departamento de Psicología, Area de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico, Edificio C5, 23071 Jaén, Spain. ljgarcia@ujaen.es
Luis Joaquín
LJ
Garcia-Lopez
Rosa Ma
RM
Bermejo
Ma Dolores
MD
Hidalgo
D000293:Adolescent; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain; D014175:Translating; D014481:United States