Measuring social anxiety in college students: A comprehensive evaluation of the psychometric properties of the SPAI-23

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 846-854

  Schry, Amie R ^a   Roberson Nay, Roxann ^b   White, Susan W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Reliability; Social anxiety; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA AND ANXIETY INVENTORY 23; SOCIAL PHOBIA SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874466363     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027398     Document Type: Article

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