The social thoughts and beliefs scale: Psychometric properties and its relation with interpersonal functioning in a non-clinical sample

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-431

  Fergus, Thomas A ^a   Valentiner, David P ^a   Kim, Hyun Soo ^a   Stephenson, Katherine ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Cognitions; Psychometric properties; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL THOUGHTS AND BELIEFS SCALE; VALIDITY;

EID: 68149126151     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-008-9214-x     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. MM Antony PJ Bieling BJ Cox MW Enns RP Swinson 1998 Psychometric properties of the 42-item and 21-item versions of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales in clinical groups and a community sample Psychological Assessment 10 176 181 10.1037/1040-3590.10.2.176 (Pubitemid 28292803)
2. Barlow, D. H. (2002). Anxiety and its disorders: The nature and treatment of anxiety and panic (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
3. CA Bernaards K Sijtsma 2000 Influence of imputation and EM methods on factor analysis when item nonresponse in questionnaire data is nonignorable Multivariate Behavioral Research 35 321 364 10.1207/S15327906MBR3503-03
4. M Burisch 1984 Approaches to personality inventory construction The American Psychologist 39 214 227 10.1037/0003-066X.39.3.214
5. Brown, T. A. (2006). Confirmatory factor analysis for applied research. New York: Guilford Press.
6. Clark, D. M. (2001). A cognitive perspective on social phobia. In W. R. Crozier & L. E. Alden (Eds.), International handbook of social anxiety: Concepts, research and interventions relating to the self and shyness (pp. 405-430). Chichester: Wiley.
7. Clark, D. M., & Wells, A. (1995). Cognitive-behavioral treatments: Clinical applications. In R. G. Heimberg, M. R. Liebowitz, D. A. Hope, & F. R. Schneier (Eds.), Social phobia: Diagnosis, assessment, and treatment (pp. 310-333). New York: Guilford Press.
8. LA Clark D Watson 1995 Constructing validity: Basic issues in objective scale development Psychological Assessment 7 309 319 10.1037/1040-3590.7.3.309
9. L Hu PM Bentler 1999 Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives Structural Equation Modeling 6 1 55
10. Joreskog, K. G., & Sorbom, D. (2003). LISREL (Version 8.54) [Computer software]. Chicago: Scientific Software Inc.
11. MR Leary 1983 A brief version of the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 9 371 375 10.1177/0146167283093007
12. Lovibond, S. H., & Lovibond, P. E. (1995). Manual for the depression anxiety stress scales. Sydney: Psychology Foundation.
13. R Mattick J Clarke 1998 Development and validation of measures of social phobia scrutiny fear and social interaction anxiety Behaviour Research and Therapy 36 455 470 10.1016/S0005-7967(97)10031-6 (Pubitemid 28256919)
14. MJ Mendelson FE Aboud 1999 Measuring friendship quality in late adolescents and young adults: McGill Friendship Questionnaires Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science 31 130 132 10.1037/h0087080
15. XL Meng R Rosenthal DB Rubin 1992 Comparing correlated correlation coefficients Psychological Bulletin 111 172 175 10.1037/0033-2909.111.1.172
16. RS Miller 1995 On the nature of embarrassability: Shyness, social evaluation, and social skill Journal of Personality 63 315 339 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1995.tb00812.x
17. RM Rapee RG Heimberg 1997 A cognitive-behavioral model of anxiety in social phobia Behaviour Research and Therapy 35 741 756 10.1016/S0005-7967(97) 00022-3 (Pubitemid 27336908)
18. TL Rodebaugh CM Woods DM Thissen RG Heimberg DL Chambless RM Rapee 2004 More information from fewer questions: The factor structure and item properties of the original and Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale Psychological Assessment 16 169 181 10.1037/1040-3590.16.2.169 (Pubitemid 38802758)
19. DW Russell 1996 UCLA Loneliness Scale (version 3): Reliability, validity, and factor structure Journal of Personality Assessment 66 20 40 10.1207/s15327752jpa6601-2 (Pubitemid 26057135)
20. Satorra, A., & Bentler, P. M. (1994). Corrections to test statistics and standard errors in covariance structure analysis. In A. von Eye & C. C. Clogg (Eds.), Latent variable analysis: Applications for developmental research (pp. 399-419). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
21. FR Schneier LR Heckelman R Garfinkel R Campeas BA Fallon A Gitow 1994 Functional impairment in social phobia The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 55 322 331
22. K Sijtsma LA van der Ark 2003 Investigation and treatment of missing item scores in test and questionnaire data Multivariate Behavioral Research 38 505 528 10.1207/s15327906mbr3804-4
23. L Stopa DM Clark 2001 Social phobia: Comments on the viability and validity of an analogue research strategy and British norms for the fear of negative evaluation questionnaire Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 29 423 430 10.1017/S1352465801004039
24. L Torgrud J Walker L Murray B Cox M Chartier K Kjernisted 2004 Deficits in perceived social support associated with generalized social phobia Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 33 87 96 10.1080/16506070410029577 (Pubitemid 38780102)
25. SM Turner MR Johnson DC Beidel NA Heiser RB Lydiard 2003 The Social Thoughts and Beliefs Scale: A new inventory for assessing cognitions in social phobia Psychological Assessment 15 384 391 10.1037/1040-3590.15.3.384 (Pubitemid 37296233)
26. JR van Ginkel LA van der Ark 2005 SPSS syntax for missing value imputation in test and questionnaire data Applied Psychological Measurement 29 152 153 10.1177/0146621603260688 (Pubitemid 40306566)
27. JR van Ginkel LA van der Ark K Sijtsma 2007 Multiple imputation of item scores in test and questionnaire data, and influence on psychometric results Multivariate Behavioral Research 42 387 414
28. D Watson R Friend 1969 Measurement of social-evaluative anxiety Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 33 448 457 10.1037/h0027806
29. JW Weeks RG Heimberg DM Fresco TA Hart CL Turk FR Schneier 2005 Empirical validation and psychometric evaluation of the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale in patients with social anxiety disorder Psychological Assessment 17 179 190 10.1037/1040-3590.17.2.179 (Pubitemid 41023391)