Brief Form of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI-B) for Adolescents

Abstract

Although social phobia is one of the most common mental disorders in adolescents, there are few reliable and valid assessment instruments for this age group. This study examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of a brief version of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI; Turner, Beidel, Dancu, & Stanley, 1989 ) in a sample of adolescents. Although the original 45-item SPAI has excellent psychometric properties, its utility is limited by its length. We developed and piloted a brief, 16-item version of the SPAI that has good psychometric properties, assesses cognitive, behavioral, and somatic symptoms, consistent with the original scale, which may be particularly useful as a screening measure. Limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents: Factorial invariance and latent mean differences across gender and age in Spanish adolescents

“…In recent years, increasing attention has been given to selfreport measures of social anxiety in adolescence (e.g., García-López, Hidalgo, Beidel, Olivares, & Turner, 2008;Storch et al, 2006;Viana, Rabian, & Beidel, 2008;Zubeidat, Salinas, Sierra, & Fernández-Parra, 2007). Recent reviews conducted in Spain (García-López, Piqueras, Díaz-Castella, and the US (Kearney, 2005) have concluded that one of the most pertinent and empirically supported measures of social anxiety in adolescence is the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A; La Greca, 1999;La Greca & Lopez, 1998).…”

Validación del Inventario de Fobia y Ansiedad Social- Forma Breve para universitarios argentinos

“…Tomando la subescala de Fobia Social, se creó el SPAI-B. Se trata de la versión breve española del SPAI creada para medir ansiedad social evitando las dificultades de la escala original debido a su excesiva longitud y despojándose del lenguaje heterocéntrico (García-López, Hidalgo, Beidel, Olivares & Turner, 2008). Este instrumento ha sido validado para su aplicación en adolescentes y estudiantes universitarios de habla hispana (Piqueras, Espinosa-Fernández, García-López & Beidel, 2012) obteniendo evidencias de confiabilidad y validez.…”

Reliability and Validity Evidence of Scores on the Slovene Version of the Questionnaire About Interpersonal Difficulties for Adolescents

“…In recent years, increasing attention has been given to self-report measures of social fears and anxiety in adolescence (e.g., [5][6][7][8][9]) because self-report method is especially important given the subjective and internalized nature of these constructs [4]. The Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SASA) [8,10,11] was developed and validated in Slovenia to measure adolescent's anxiety in social situations that evoke uneasiness, worry and avoidant behavior.…”