title: Anxiety Assessment: Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Burns Anxiety Inventory.
abstract: The main purpose of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Burns Anxiety Inventory (Burns-A: Burns, 1993). The sample consisted of 417 participants, 387 (29.71% male) healthy participants (control group: M = 35.5 years; SD = 8.40) and 30 (36.66% female) patients (clinical group: M = 35.8 years; SD = 12.94). The internal consistency evaluated through Cronbach' Alpha was 0.95 for the Total Score in both subsamples. The test-retest reliability (two weeks) for Total Score was 0.86 (F = 13.2, p ≤ .001) for the non-clinical subsample, and 0.95 (F = 36.5, p ≤ .001) for the clinical subsample. Confirmatory factor analyses supported the initial three-factor model. However, modifications to the initial three-factor model improved the goodness-of-fit indices. Results showed statistically significant differences in the mean scores of the Burns-A between the clinical and control groups. This study supports the Spanish version of the Burns-A as a brief and useful tool for the screening of anxiety symptoms in adult populations. Future studies should investigate measurement invariance across cultures.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de La Rioja (Spain).
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ortuño-Sierra
authors.affiliation: Universidad de La Rioja (Spain).
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: University of Geneva (Switzerland).
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Debbané
authors.affiliation: Universidad de La Rioja (Spain).
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fonseca-Pedrero
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: anxiety; burns-a; psychometric properties; self-report; validation