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Stefanie A Nelemans1, Wim H J Meeus2,3, Susan J T Branje2, Karla Van Leeuwen1, Hilde Colpin1, Karine Verschueren1, Luc Goossens1.
Abstract
In this study, we examined the longitudinal measurement invariance of a 12-item short version of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) in two 4-year longitudinal community samples ( Nsample 1 = 815, Mage T1 = 13.38 years; Nsample 2 = 551, Mage T1 = 14.82 years). Using confirmatory factor analyses, we found strict longitudinal measurement invariance for the three-factor structure of the SAS-A across adolescence, across samples, and across gender. Some developmental changes in social anxiety were found from early to mid-adolescence, as well as gender differences across adolescence. These findings suggest that the short version of the SAS-A is a developmentally appropriate instrument that can be used effectively to examine adolescent social anxiety development.Entities:
Keywords: Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A); adolescence; developmental trends; gender differences; longitudinal measurement invariance; social anxiety symptoms
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28052690 DOI： 10.1177/1073191116685808
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Assessment ISSN： 1073-1911