PMID- 34466696
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20210903
IS  - 2405-8440 (Print)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Electronic)
IS  - 2405-8440 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 8
DP  - 2021 Aug
TI  - The psychometric properties of Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) short 
      form-Bangla.
PG  - e07801
LID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07801 [doi]
LID - e07801
AB  - There is a lack of available valid assessment tools (published) for assessing 
      social anxiety symptoms among Bangladeshi people. Therefore, this study was aimed 
      to examine the psychometric properties of the Social Anxiety Scale for 
      Adolescents (Short Form) to assess the social anxiety symptoms among Bangladeshi 
      young adults. In this study, the data (N = 683) from the 'Social Media Addiction 
      among University Students' project were utilized. Results regarding item-level 
      information using classical test theory and item response theory demonstrated 
      that all items of the scale had a higher discrimination index and acceptable 
      infit and outfit mean squares. The confirmatory factor analysis supported a 
      three-factor structure for the scale and strict invariance between males and 
      females. Scale level results showed that this translated scale had good internal 
      consistency reliabilities, composite reliability, as well as acceptable average 
      variance extracted values, standard error of measurement, and discrimination 
      power. Regarding validity, this scale had moderate to low correlations with 
      loneliness and the big five personality traits. To sum up, the SAS-A-SF Bangla is 
      a psychometrically sound measure that would be helpful for practitioners and 
      researchers to assess the social anxiety symptoms among Bangladesh young adults.
CI  - (c) 2021 The Author(s).
FAU - Alam, Najifa
AU  - Alam N
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Chittagong, Chattogram, 4331, Bangladesh.
FAU - Ahmed, Oli
AU  - Ahmed O
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Chittagong, Chattogram, 4331, Bangladesh.
FAU - Naher, Lutfun
AU  - Naher L
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Chittagong, Chattogram, 4331, Bangladesh.
FAU - Hiramoni, Fatema Akhter
AU  - Hiramoni FA
AD  - Department of Economics, Sheikh Hasina University, Netrokona, 2400, Bangladesh.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210817
PL  - England
TA  - Heliyon
JT  - Heliyon
JID - 101672560
PMC - PMC8384893
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Bangladesh
OT  - Measurement invariance
OT  - Reliability
OT  - Screening norm
OT  - Social anxiety
OT  - Social anxiety scale
OT  - Validity
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2021/09/02 06:00
MHDA- 2021/09/02 06:01
PMCR- 2021/08/17
CRDT- 2021/09/01 07:28
PHST- 2021/06/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/07/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/08/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/09/01 07:28 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/09/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/09/02 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/08/17 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2405-8440(21)01904-6 [pii]
AID - e07801 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07801 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Heliyon. 2021 Aug 17;7(8):e07801. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07801. eCollection 
      2021 Aug.