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The SPAI-18, a brief version of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory: Reliability and validity in clinically referred and non-referred samples

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Title
The SPAI-18, a brief version of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory: Reliability and validity in clinically referred and non-referred samples
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Journal of Anxiety Disorders, May 2013
DOI 10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.05.003
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Wieke de Vente, Mirjana Majdandžić, Marisol J. Voncken, Deborah C. Beidel, Susan M. Bögels

Abstract

We developed a new version of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI) in order to have a brief instrument for measuring social anxiety and social anxiety disorder (SAD) with a strong conceptual foundation. In the construction phase, a set of items representing 5 core aspects of social anxiety was selected by a panel of social anxiety experts. The selected item pool was validated using factor analysis, reliability analysis, and diagnostic analysis in a sample of healthy participants (N = 188) and a sample of clinically referred participants diagnosed with SAD (N = 98). This procedure resulted in an abbreviated version of the Social Phobia Subscale of the SPAI consisting of 18 items (i.e. the SPAI-18), which correlated strongly with the Social Phobia Subscale of the original SPAI (both groups r = .98). Internal consistency and diagnostic characteristics using a clinical cut-off score > 48 were good to excellent (Cronbach's alpha healthy group = .93; patient group = .91; sensitivity: .94; specificity: .88). The SPAI-18 was further validated in a community sample of parents-to-be without SAD (N = 237) and with SAD (N = 65). Internal consistency was again excellent (both groups Cronbach's alpha = .93) and a screening cut-off of > 36 proved to result in good sensitivity and specificity. The SPAI-18 also correlated strongly with other social anxiety instruments, supporting convergent validity. In sum, the SPAI-18 is a psychometrically sound instrument with good screening capacity for social anxiety disorder in clinical as well as community samples.

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United Kingdom 1 1%
Unknown 73 99%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 16 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 15%
Student > Bachelor 10 14%
Researcher 8 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 5%
Other 9 12%
Unknown 16 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 40 54%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 9%
Neuroscience 4 5%
Computer Science 2 3%
Social Sciences 2 3%
Other 2 3%
Unknown 17 23%
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