Designing a brief measure of social anxiety: Psychometric support for a three-item version of the Interaction Anxiousness Scale (IAS-3)

Nichols, Austin; Webster, Gregory D.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.01.043

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“…Specifically, we recommend that aggression researchers use the original 29-item BPAQ when time and space allows; however, given constrained time and space, we recommend they use the 12-item BAQ. Overall, our findings add to a growing literature that emphasizes the development of concise, efficient, selfreport measures of psychological constructs, with the goal of meeting researchers' contemporary needs (e.g., Ames, Rose, & Anderson, 2005;Bryant & Smith, 2001;Donnellan, Oswald, Baird, & Lucas, 2009;Fraley, Waller, & Brennan, 2000;Gosling, Rentfrow, & Swann, 2003;Jonason & Webster, 2010;Nichols & Webster, 2013, 2015Rammstedt & John, 2007;Robins, Hendin, & Trzesniewski, 2001;Webster & Crysel, 2012;Webster et al, 2014;Webster & Jonason, 2013;Widaman et al, 2011;Wood, Nye, & Saucier, 2010).…”

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“…305-307; see also Nichols & Webster, 2015). This involved modeling latent variables for the 12-item BAQ for each of its four three-item subscales at Times 1 and 2, allowing for equal loadings and correlated residuals for the same items at different time points, and examining the correlation associated with regressing Time 2's latent variable onto Time 1's latent variable.…”

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The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Structure, Validity, Reliability, and Generalizability

Webster

DeWall

Pond

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Journal of Personality Assessment

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In contexts that increasingly demand brief self-report measures (e.g., experience sampling, longitudinal and field studies), researchers seek succinct surveys that maintain reliability and validity. One such measure is the 12-item Brief Aggression Questionnaire (BAQ; Webster et al., 2014), which uses 4 3-item subscales: Physical Aggression, Verbal Aggression, Anger, and Hostility. Although prior work suggests the BAQ's scores are reliable and valid, we addressed some lingering concerns. Across 3 studies (N = 1,279), we found that the BAQ had a 4-factor structure, possessed long-term test-retest reliability across 12 weeks, predicted differences in behavioral aggression over time in a laboratory experiment, generalized to a diverse nonstudent sample, and showed convergent validity with a displaced aggression measure. In addition, the BAQ's 3-item Anger subscale showed convergent validity with a trait anger measure. We discuss the BAQ's potential reliability, validity, limitations, and uses as an efficient measure of aggressive traits.

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The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Structure, Validity, Reliability, and Generalizability

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Pond

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Journal of Personality Assessment

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“…Example items include "I often feel on edge when I am with a group of people" and "I try to avoid talking to people unless I know them well." The SADS has been found to correlate significantly with both self-report (rs = .18 to .75; Nichols & Webster, 2015;Watson & Friend, 1969) and clinician-administered (r = .63; Heimberg et al, 1999) measures of anxiety, and predict willingness to participate in group activities in the laboratory (Watson & Friend, 1969). The SADS had acceptable internal consistency in this study (α = .94).…”

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Characterizing Interpersonal Difficulties Among Young Adults Who Engage in Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Using a Daily Diary

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Compared to people who have never engaged in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), people with a history of NSSI report multiple interpersonal problems. Theories propose that these interpersonal difficulties play a role in prompting and maintaining NSSI. The cross-sectional nature of most studies in this area limits our understanding of how day-to-day interpersonal experiences relate to the global interpersonal impairments observed among individuals with NSSI, and vice versa. This study compared young adults with (n = 60) and without (n = 56) recent, repeated NSSI on baseline and daily measures of interpersonal functioning during a 14-day daily diary study. Groups differed in baseline social anxiety, excessive reassurance seeking, and use of support seeking relative to other coping strategies, but did not differ in self-perceived interpersonal competence. In terms of day-to-day functioning, participants with (vs. without) NSSI had significantly less contact with their families and friends, perceived less support following interactions with friends, and were less likely to seek support to cope, regardless of level of negative affect. With the exception of contact with family members, these group differences in daily interpersonal functioning were accounted for by baseline levels of social anxiety and use of support seeking. Contrary to expectations, participants with NSSI had more frequent contact with their romantic partners, did not differ in perceptions of support in romantic relationships, and did not report more intense negative affect following negative interpersonal interactions. This study provides a novel test of recent interpersonal theories of NSSI using daily reports.Keywords nonsuicidal self-injury; self-harm; social support; experience sampling; daily diary Address correspondence to Brianna J. Turner, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada, V5A 1S6; briannat@sfu.ca. Conflict of Interest StatementThe authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.Behav Ther. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2017 July 11. CIHR Author Manuscript CIHR Author Manuscript CIHR Author ManuscriptAlthough nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) has been recognized for decades as a serious clinical problem due to its associations with psychopathology, suicidality, and functional impairment (Glenn & Klonsky, 2013;Selby, Bender, Gordon, Nock, & Joiner, 2011), recent evidence suggests that NSSI is also associated with impairments in interpersonal functioning. Compared to individuals without a history of NSSI, those with NSSI report pervasive interpersonal problems, including poorer quality relationships with peers and caregivers (Claes, Houben, Vandereycken, Bijttebier, & Muehlenkamp, 2010;Gratz, Conrad, & Roemer, 2002;Hilt, Nock, Lloyd-Richardson, & Prinstein, 2008;Hoff & Muehlenkamp, 2009), greater loneliness (Giletta, Scholte, Engels, Ciairano, & Prinstein, 2012;Glenn & Klonsky, 2013;Guertin, Lloyd-Richardson, Spirito, Donaldson, & Boergers, 2001), higher rate...

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“…“ Feeling nervous anxious or on edge ”: 1 = not at all ; 4 = nearly every day ). Despite using only two items to measure each construct, research supports the psychometric properties of short scales, especially those related to anxiety (Nichols & Webster, 2015). For each pair of questions, we averaged the responses such that higher scores reflect higher levels of depression or anxiety respectively (anxiety: .74 < ⍺ < .81; depression: .81 < ⍺ < .85).…”

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The Role of Self‐Connection in the Relationship between Mindfulness and Meaning: A Longitudinal Examination

Klussman¹,

Nichols²,

Langer³

2020

Applied Psych Health & Well

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Background: Researchers have rarely examined mindfulness and meaning in a way that informs the causality and directionality of this relationship. The current research examines this relationship across time, further validates the Self-Connection Scale (SCS), and examines the role of self-connection in both moderating and mediating this relationship. This allows for researchers and practitioners alike to utilise self-connection to help increase their own and others' well-being. Methods: One hundred and fifty-four participants completed measures of mindfulness, self-connection, and meaning over 4 weeks. We also included various measures related to well-being to further examine the nomological network of the SCS. Results: Multi-level models examined a total of 432 observations across 108 participants. Mindfulness predicted an increase in the presence of but not search for meaning. Self-connection partially mediated the effect on the presence of meaning and moderated the effect on the search for meaning. Furthermore, the SCS demonstrated good validity and reliability across time. Conclusions: Selfconnection, as measured by the SCS, has an important role in positive psychology, and those with a deficit are likely to benefit the most from increased mindfulness. Together, this provides several implications for using mindfulness and self-connection research in personal and professional practice.

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Designing a brief measure of social anxiety: Psychometric support for a three-item version of the Interaction Anxiousness Scale (IAS-3)

Abstract: 2016-11-02T18:49:00

Cited by 18 publications

References 35 publications

The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Structure, Validity, Reliability, and Generalizability

The Brief Aggression Questionnaire: Structure, Validity, Reliability, and Generalizability

Characterizing Interpersonal Difficulties Among Young Adults Who Engage in Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Using a Daily Diary

The Role of Self‐Connection in the Relationship between Mindfulness and Meaning: A Longitudinal Examination

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