PMID- 15149713
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20041007
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0887-6185 (Print)
IS  - 0887-6185 (Linking)
VI  - 18
IP  - 4
DP  - 2004
TI  - Investigating the construct validity of the SPAI-C: comparing the sensitivity and 
      specificity of the SPAI-C and the SAS-A.
PG  - 547-60
AB  - Investigates the construct validity of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory 
      for Children (SPAI-C) by comparing its sensitivity and specificity with another 
      self-report measure of social anxiety, the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents 
      (SAS-A). Participants were 252 adolescents (124 males and 128 females) 13-17 
      years old. Adolescents completed the SPAI-C and the SAS-A and were interviewed 
      using the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: Child Version 
      (ADIS-IV:C). Parents were also interviewed and composite diagnoses were formed. 
      Youth were classified as socially phobic or non-anxious based on these composite 
      diagnoses. By comparing clinical cutoff scores with diagnostic group 
      classification, the sensitivity and the specificity of the SPAI-C and SAS-A were 
      compared. Results indicated that the SPAI-C was a more sensitive measure than the 
      SAS-A (61.5% vs. 43.6%) providing evidence of the scale's construct validity. The 
      two measures were similar with regard to specificity (82.7% for both). 
      Implications of these results for assessment and research are discussed.
FAU - Inderbitzen-Nolan, Heidi
AU  - Inderbitzen-Nolan H
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 238 Burnett Hall, 
      Lincoln, NE 68588-0308, USA. hnolan1@unl.edu
FAU - Davies, Corrie A
AU  - Davies CA
FAU - McKeon, Nicole D
AU  - McKeon ND
LA  - eng
GR  - MH59608-02/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PT  - Validation Study
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Anxiety Disord
JT  - Journal of anxiety disorders
JID - 8710131
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Anxiety/*diagnosis
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Phobic Disorders/*diagnosis
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2004/05/20 05:00
MHDA- 2004/10/08 09:00
CRDT- 2004/05/20 05:00
PHST- 2002/11/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2003/04/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2003/06/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2004/05/20 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/10/08 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/05/20 05:00 [entrez]
AID - S0887618503000422 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/S0887-6185(03)00042-2 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Anxiety Disord. 2004;18(4):547-60. doi: 10.1016/S0887-6185(03)00042-2.