PMID- 22350460
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121018
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1573-3327 (Electronic)
IS  - 0009-398X (Linking)
VI  - 43
IP  - 4
DP  - 2012 Aug
TI  - Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A): measuring social anxiety among 
      Finnish adolescents.
PG  - 574-91
LID - 10.1007/s10578-012-0285-2 [doi]
AB  - The aim of this study was to investigate symptoms of social anxiety and the 
      psychometric properties of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) among 
      Finnish adolescents, 13-16 years of age. Study 1 (n = 867) examined the 
      distribution of SAS-A scores according to gender and age, and the internal 
      consistency and factor structure of the SAS-A. In a subsample (n = 563; Study 2) 
      concurrent and discriminant validity of the SAS-A were examined relative to the 
      Social Phobia Inventory and the Beck Depression Inventory. Test-retest stability 
      was examined over a 30-month period by repeated measures every 6 months in 
      another subsample (n = 377; Study 3). Results mostly revealed no gender 
      differences in social anxiety, except that boys reported more general social 
      avoidance and distress than girls. Older adolescents (14-16-year-olds) reported 
      higher social anxiety than younger adolescents (12-13-year-olds). Internal 
      consistency for the SAS-A was acceptable for both genders and for all three SAS-A 
      subscales. Confirmatory factor analysis replicated the original 18-item 
      three-factor structure of the SAS-A, accounting for 61% of the variance between 
      items. Evidence for concurrent and discriminant validity was found. Test-retest 
      stability over 6 months was satisfactory. Results support the reliability and 
      validity of the Finnish adaptation of the SAS-A, and further indicate that gender 
      differences in adolescents' social anxiety may vary across Western countries.
FAU - Ranta, Klaus
AU  - Ranta K
AD  - Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, 
      Finland. klaus.ranta@pshp.fi
FAU - Junttila, Niina
AU  - Junttila N
FAU - Laakkonen, Eero
AU  - Laakkonen E
FAU - Uhmavaara, Anni
AU  - Uhmavaara A
FAU - La Greca, Annette M
AU  - La Greca AM
FAU - Niemi, Paivi M
AU  - Niemi PM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Child Psychiatry Hum Dev
JT  - Child psychiatry and human development
JID - 1275332
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Anxiety/*diagnosis/psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Finland
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Phobic Disorders/*diagnosis/psychology
MH  - *Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Sex Factors
EDAT- 2012/02/22 06:00
MHDA- 2012/10/19 06:00
CRDT- 2012/02/22 06:00
PHST- 2012/02/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/02/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/10/19 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s10578-012-0285-2 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2012 Aug;43(4):574-91. doi: 10.1007/s10578-012-0285-2.