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

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 847-855

  Ingles, Candido J ^a   La Greca, Annette M ^b   Marzo, Juan C ^a   Garcia Lopez, Luis J ^c   Garcia Fernandez, Jose M ^d  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Measurement invariance; Social anxiety; Spanish language

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPAIN; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 77957869698     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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