RT Journal Article
T1 Psychometric properties of an innovative self-report measure: the social anxiety questionnaire for adults
A1 Caballo, Vicente  E.
A1 Arias, Benito
A1 Salazar, , Isabel C.
A1 Irurtia, María Jesús
A1 Hofmann, Stefan G.
A1 Viveros, María Paz
AB This article presents the psychometric properties of a new measure of social anxiety, the Social Anxiety Questionnaire for adults (SAQ), composed of 30 items that were developed based on participants from 16 Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal. Two groups of participants were included in the study: a nonclinical group involving 18,133 persons and a clinical group comprising 334 patients with a diagnosis of social anxiety disorder (social phobia). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported a 5-factor structure of the questionnaire. The factors were labeled as follows: (1) Interactions with strangers, (2) Speaking in public/talking with people in authority, (3) Interactions with the opposite sex, (4) Criticism and embarrassment, and (5) Assertive expression of annoyance, disgust, or displeasure. Psychometric evidence supported the internal consistency, convergent validity, and measurement invariance of the SAQ. To facilitate clinical applications, a receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis identified cut scores for men and women for each factor and for the global score.
PB American Psychological Association
SN 1040-3590, ESSN: 1939-134X
YR 2015
FD 2015-09
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23346
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23346
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)
NO NIH/NCCHI (USA) and Departament of the Army (USA)
NO Fundación Veca, Centro de  Psicología Clínica, Psciología Cognitivo  Conductual (FUNVECA) (Granada, España)
NO European Regional Development Fund
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2025