Short health anxiety inventory: factor structure and psychometric properties in Spanish adolescents.
The Short Health Anxiety Inventory is a common screening tool for assessing health anxiety among adolescents; however, its psychometric properties and internal structure have not been evaluated within a Spanish-speaking population. The goodness of fit of four models of the latent structure of the Short Health Anxiety Inventory was tested by using confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 832 Spanish secondary school adolescents. Based on these results, the reliability of the original two-factor model was tested. Differences in health anxiety by gender and age were also examined. The results support use of the Spanish version of the Short Health Anxiety Inventory by researchers and clinicians among Spanish adolescents.
Miguel Hernández University, Spain.
Alexandra
A
Morales
Miguel Hernández University, Spain jpespada@umh.es.
José P
JP
Espada
Miguel Hernández University, Spain.
José L
JL
Carballo
Miguel Hernández University, Spain.
José A
JA
Piqueras
Miguel Hernández University, Spain.
Mireia
M
Orgilés
D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013030:Spain; D014177:Translations
adolescence; anxiety; health care; health psychology; validation