Psychometric evaluation of social phobia and anxiety inventory for children (SPAI-C) and social anxiety scale for children-revised (SASC-R)

Kuusikko, Sanna; Pollock-Wurman, Rachel; Ebeling, Hanna; Hurtig, Tuula; Joskitt, Leena; Mattila, Marja-Leena; Jussila, Katja; Moilanen, Irma

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@article{ Kuusikko2008,
 title = {Psychometric evaluation of social phobia and anxiety inventory for children (SPAI-C) and social anxiety scale for children-revised (SASC-R)},
 author = {Kuusikko, Sanna and Pollock-Wurman, Rachel and Ebeling, Hanna and Hurtig, Tuula and Joskitt, Leena and Mattila, Marja-Leena and Jussila, Katja and Moilanen, Irma},
 journal = {European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry},
 number = {2},
 pages = {116-124},
 volume = {18},
 year = {2008},
 doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-008-0712-x},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-123538},
 abstract = {The study evaluated the psychometric properties of Finnish versions of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children (SPAI-C) and the Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised (SASC-R). 352 students (M = 12.2 years) participated in the study and completed the SPAI-C and SASC-R. In addition, 68 participants (M = 12.2 years) and their parents were interviewed with the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Aged Children (K-SADS-PL). The SPAI-C was more sensitive for identifying youth meeting criteria for social phobia (SP), whereas the SASC-R demonstrated greater specificity. The youth in this sample had lower mean total scores on the self-report questionnaires than did those in the original validitation studies of the SPAI-C and SASC-R conducted in America. These findings question whether cross-cultural differences in the expression of SP influence the clinical cut-off scores used in translated versions of social anxiety questionnaires.},
}