Evaluating social fears in late adolescence: Study with a Portuguese sample
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This work intends to psychometrically evaluate a measure of social fears for late adolescents, who may differently perceive social fear stimulus. A community sample of 794 late adolescents was recruited and assessed, using the Social Anxiety and Avoidance Scale for Adolescents. Internal structure analysis indicates that late adolescents adopt a unique perspective on social experiences. Internal consistency and convergent validity relating to thoughts typical of social anxiety were found. The instrument may be useful for evaluating social fears throughout adolescence.
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In its adapted version for older adolescents, the SAASA factors attained adequate internal consistency values with Cronbach's alphas over 0.70.
“In its adapted version for older adolescents, factors attained adequate internal consistency values with Cronbach’s alphas over 0.70 (Vagos et al., 2013).”
From Psychological inflexibility explains social anxiety over time: a mediation analyses with a clinical adolescent sample (2024) · cites this paper as Vagos et al., 2013
The SAASA 30-item version for late adolescents has shown adequate internal consistency with Cronbach's alphas over 0.70.
“In its 30-item version tailored for late adolescents, the SAASA has shown adequate internal consistency values with Cronbach’s alphas over 0.70 [53].”
From The Prevalence of Adolescent Social Fears and Social Anxiety Disorder in School Contexts (2022) · cites this paper as [53]
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“For the SAASA (Vagos et al., 2013 adapted from Cunha et al., 2008) and AFQ-Y (Greco et al., 2008; Portuguese version by Cunha & Santos, 2013), because higher scores indicate increased symptoms, negative RCIs correspond to clinical improvement and positive RCIs correspond to clinical deterioration.”
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- Authors
- Vagos, P., Pereira, A., & Cunha, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Aveiro (PT)
- Instituto Superior Miguel Torga (PT)
- Corresponding author
- Vagos, Paula
- Venue
- European Journal of Developmental Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-10-04
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 373-385
- ISSN
- 1740-5610 (ISSN-L)
- 1740-5629
- OpenAlex
- W2040187880
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2020: 1 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 0.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- European Journal of Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- social anxiety, social avoidance, late adolescence, psychometric validation, internal structure, convergent validity, internal consistency
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