title: Parameters for screening music performance anxiety.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the discriminative capacity of the Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory (K-MPAI), in its version adapted for Brazil, in a sample of 230 Brazilian adult musicians.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) was used to assess the presence of social anxiety indicators, adopting it as the gold standard. The Mann-Whitney U test and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve were used for statistical analysis, with p ≤ 0.05 set as the significance level.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjects with social anxiety indicators exhibited higher mean total K-MPAI scores, as well as higher individual scores on 62% of its items. The area under the ROC curve was 0.734 (p = 0.001), and considered appropriate. Within the possible cutoff scores presented, the score -15 had the best balance of sensitivity and specificity values. However, the score -7 had greater specificity and accuracy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The K-MPAI showed appropriate discriminant validity, with a marked association between music performance anxiety and social anxiety. The cutoff scores presented in the study have both clinical and research value, allowing screening for music performance anxiety and identification of possible cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, School of Philosophy, Sciences, and Languages, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Barbar
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Crippa
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flávia L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Osório
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music / Q000523:psychology*; D060805:Performance Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012372:ROC Curve; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D055815:Young Adult