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An empirically derived inventory to measure social fears and anxiety: The Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory.

Turner, Samuel M., Beidel, Deborah C., Dancu, Constance V., Stanley, Melinda A.·1989·Psychological Assessment: A Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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The development, reliability, and discriminative ability of a new instrument to assess social phobia are presented. The Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI) is an empirically derived instrument incorporating responses from the cognitive, somatic, and behavioral dimensions of social fear. The SPAI has high lest-retest reliability and good internal consistency. The instrument appears to be sensitive to the entire continuum of socially anxious concerns and is capable of differentiating social phobics from normal controls as well as from other anxiety patients. The utility of this instrument for improved assessment of social phobia and anxiety and its use as an aid for treatment planning are discussed. Social phobia is perhaps the least understood and the least researched of the anxiety disorders. Although there are several scales available to measure social anxiety, most were constructed prior to publication of the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-lII; American Psychiatric Association, 1980), where the diagnostic criteria for social phobia were first introduced. Because social anxiety is experienced by individuals with many psychiatric disorders as well as by normals, these scales may not be specific to social phobia. Preparation of an instrument designed more specifically to assess social phobia requires consideration of several issues, including the critical features of the disorder, its cognitive, physiological, and behavio…

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  • The SPAI has demonstrated good psychometric properties, with current Cronbach's α = .98.

    “Self-report SAD symptoms were assessed with the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI; Turner, Beidel, Dancu, & Stanley, 1989), which also has demonstrated good psychometric properties (Beidel, Borden, Turner, & Jacob, 1989; current Cronbach’s α = .98).”

    From An Integrated, Acceptance-Based Behavioral Approach for Depression With Social Anxiety: Preliminary Results (2014) · cites this paper as Turner, Beidel, Dancu, & Stanley, 1989

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Authors
Turner, S. M., Beidel, D. C., Dancu, C. V., & Stanley, M. A.
Affiliations
University of Pittsburgh (US)
Venue
Psychological Assessment: A Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Published
1989-03
Volume
1
Issue
1
Pages
35-40
ISSN
  • 1040-3590 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-134X
OpenAlex
W1998258494
Cited by
887
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FWCI
10.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Psychological Assessment (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
social anxiety disorder, social anxiety, psychometric properties, reliability statistics, discriminant validity, somatic symptoms, disease severity assessment, treatment planning

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