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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Combined Social Phobia Scale and Social Interaction Anxiety Scale: Support for a Bifactor Model

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychology, February 2017
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Title
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Combined Social Phobia Scale and Social Interaction Anxiety Scale: Support for a Bifactor Model
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Frontiers in Psychology, February 2017
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00070
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Rapson Gomez, Shaun D. Watson

Abstract

For the Social Phobia Scale (SPS) and the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) together, this study examined support for a bifactor model, and also the internal consistency reliability and external validity of the factors in this model. Participants (N = 526) were adults from the general community who completed the SPS and SIAS. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of their ratings indicated good support for the bifactor model. For this model, the loadings for all but six items were higher on the general factor than the specific factors. The three positively worded items had negligible loadings on the general factor. The general factor explained most of the common variance in the SPS and SIAS, and demonstrated good model-based internal consistency reliability (omega hierarchical) and a strong association with fear of negative evaluation and extraversion. The practical implications of the findings for the utilization of the SPS and SIAS, and the theoretical and clinical implications for social anxiety are discussed.

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Country Count As %
Ecuador 1 2%
Unknown 47 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 19%
Researcher 5 10%
Student > Bachelor 5 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 8%
Student > Master 3 6%
Other 7 15%
Unknown 15 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 19 40%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 6%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 4%
Unspecified 2 4%
Social Sciences 2 4%
Other 3 6%
Unknown 17 35%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 March 2017.
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