title: [School Anxiety Inventory: validation in a sample of Spanish secondary education students].
abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric evidence of scores on the School Anxiety Inventory (SAI). The SAI was administered to a sample of 520 secondary education students, aged from 12 to 18 years. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported the correlated four-factor structure related to school situations (Anxiety about Academic Failure and Punishment, Anxiety about Aggression, Anxiety about Social Evaluation, and Anxiety about Academic Evaluation) and the three-factor structure related to the response systems of anxiety (Cognitive Anxiety, Psychophysiological Anxiety, and Behavioral Anxiety). Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were appropriate. The results also revealed positive and statistically significant correlations between the SAI and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Alicante.
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: García-Fernández
authors.forename: Cándido J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Inglés
authors.forename: María C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Martínez-Monteagudo
authors.forename: Juan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Marzo
authors.forename: Estefanía
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Estévez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012574:Schools; D013030:Spain; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*