PMID- 15271614
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050114
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1537-4416 (Print)
IS  - 1537-4416 (Linking)
VI  - 33
IP  - 3
DP  - 2004 Sep
TI  - The Dating Anxiety Scale for Adolescents: scale development and associations with 
      adolescent functioning.
PG  - 566-78
AB  - Given the importance of romantic and dating relationships during adolescence, the 
      purpose of the study was to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of 
      the Dating Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (DAS-A). Participants were 757 high 
      school students (56% girls, ages 15 to 18 years). Adolescents completed the 
      DAS-A, the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A), a Dating Questionnaire, 
      and the Revised Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). Factor analysis of the 
      DAS-A yielded a 3-factor solution with acceptable internal consistencies: fear of 
      negative evaluation in dating situations (FNE-Dating); social distress when 
      interacting with real or potential dating partners (SD-Date); and social distress 
      when in a group of mixed-sex peers (SD-Group). Confirmatory factor analysis 
      confirmed the 3-factor solution. Results indicated that younger adolescents 
      reported more dating anxiety than older adolescents, and boys reported more 
      SD-Group than girls. Dating anxiety was associated with peer-related anxiety and 
      depressive symptoms and was a significant predictor of adolescents' current and 
      usual dating status, even when controlling for adolescents' peer-related social 
      anxiety. The findings provide support for the reliability and validity of the 
      DAS-A. Clinical and research implications are discussed.
FAU - Glickman, Alissa R
AU  - Glickman AR
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Miami, USA.
FAU - La Greca, Annette M
AU  - La Greca AM
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol
JT  - Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for 
      the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological 
      Association, Division 53
JID - 101133858
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Anxiety Disorders/*diagnosis/*psychology
MH  - Depression
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Interpersonal Relations
MH  - Male
MH  - Peer Group
MH  - *Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Social Behavior
MH  - Stress, Psychological
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2004/07/24 05:00
MHDA- 2005/01/15 09:00
CRDT- 2004/07/24 05:00
PHST- 2004/07/24 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/01/15 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/07/24 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1207/s15374424jccp3303_14 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2004 Sep;33(3):566-78. doi: 
      10.1207/s15374424jccp3303_14.