Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents |
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| Authors: | Xinyue Zhou Qian Xu Cándido J Inglés María D Hidalgo Annette M La Greca |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China;(2) Fudan University, Shanghai, China;(3) Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Spain;(4) University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain;(5) University of Miami, Miami, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A)
in a sample of 296 adolescents (49% boys) in Grades 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12 with a mean age of 15.52 years. Confirmatory factor
analysis replicated the three-factor structure of the SAS-A in the Chinese sample: Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE), Social
Avoidance and Distress in New Situations (SAD-New), and Social Avoidance and Distress-General (SAD-General). Internal consistency
and test-retest reliability were appropriate. The results also revealed a clear and predictable pattern of relationships between
the SAS-A and the Questionnaire about Interpersonal Difficulties for Adolescents and the International Personality Item Pool.
Chinese boys reported greater SAD-General than Chinese girls, and this difference increased with grade. The SAS-A scores were
compared to previously collected data from the USA and Spain, revealing that Chinese adolescents scored significantly higher
in social anxiety than American and Spanish adolescents. |
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| Keywords: | Adolescence Cross-cultural Social anxiety Validation |
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