PMID- 29860615 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190405 LR - 20200306 IS - 1573-3327 (Electronic) IS - 0009-398X (Linking) VI - 50 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Feb TI - Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents and School Anxiety Inventory: Psychometric properties in French adolescents. PG - 13-26 LID - 10.1007/s10578-018-0818-4 [doi] AB - School and social anxiety are common problems and have a significant impact on youths' development. Nevertheless, the questionnaires to assess these anxious symptoms in French adolescents have limitations. The aim of this study is to provide a French version of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) and the School Anxiety Inventory (SAI), analysing their psychometric properties by the factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent validity. The SAS-A and the SAI were collectively administered in a sample of 1011 French adolescents (48.5% boys) ranging in age from 11 to 18 years. Confirmatory factor analyses replicated the previously identified correlated three-factor structure of the SAS-A and the correlated four-factor structure of the SAI. Acceptable internal consistency indexes were found for SAS-A and SAI scores. Correlations supported the convergent validity of the questionnaires' subscales. Overall, results supported the internal consistency and validity of the French versions of the SAS-A and SAI. FAU - Delgado, Beatriz AU - Delgado B AD - University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain. FAU - Garcia-Fernandez, Jose M AU - Garcia-Fernandez JM AD - University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain. FAU - Martinez-Monteagudo, Maria C AU - Martinez-Monteagudo MC AD - University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain. maricarmen.martinez@ua.es. AD - Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante, PO Box 99, 03080, Alicante, Spain. maricarmen.martinez@ua.es. FAU - Ingles, Candido J AU - Ingles CJ AD - Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Elche, Spain. FAU - Marzo, Juan C AU - Marzo JC AD - Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Elche, Spain. FAU - La Greca, Annette M AU - La Greca AM AD - University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA. FAU - Hugon, Mandarine AU - Hugon M AD - University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France. 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 - Anxiety/etiology/psychology MH - *Anxiety Disorders/diagnosis/psychology MH - Child MH - Factor Analysis, Statistical MH - Female MH - France MH - Humans MH - Male MH - *Phobia, Social/diagnosis/psychology MH - *Phobic Disorders/diagnosis/psychology MH - Psychometrics/*methods MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Test Anxiety Scale MH - Translations OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adolescence OT - France OT - School anxiety OT - Self-report OT - Social anxiety EDAT- 2018/06/04 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/06 06:00 CRDT- 2018/06/04 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/06/04 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s10578-018-0818-4 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10578-018-0818-4 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2019 Feb;50(1):13-26. doi: 10.1007/s10578-018-0818-4.