Construct Validity of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale in a French Adolescent Sample

We conducted a series of studies to investigate the psychometric properties of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS; Hart, Leary, & Rejeski, 1989 ) among a total sample of 1,563 nonclinical French adolescents. The, first study provided support for the item content of the preliminary version o...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of personality assessment 2010-01, Vol.92 (1), p.53-62
Main Authors: Maïano, Christophe, Morin, Alexandre J. S., Eklund, Robert C., Monthuy-Blanc, Johana, Garbarino, Jean-Marie, Stephan, Yannick
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Age differences
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Biological and medical sciences
Body build
Body Image
Child
Convergent validity
Female
France
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Phobia
Psychology, Adolescent
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometric properties
Psychometrics
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reliability
Social anxiety
Social Perception
Studies
Techniques and methods
Teenagers
Validity
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We conducted a series of studies to investigate the psychometric properties of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS; Hart, Leary, & Rejeski, 1989 ) among a total sample of 1,563 nonclinical French adolescents. The, first study provided support for the item content of the preliminary version of the French SPAS for adolescents. Then, the second study supported the convergent validity of the English and French version of the SPAS. Finally, Studies 3 to 6 provided support for the factor validity, measurement invariance (across genders, age groups and samples), latent mean structure invariance (across age category and samples), reliability, convergent validity, and criterion-related validity of a 7-item version of the SPAS.
ISSN:0022-3891
1532-7752
DOI:10.1080/00223890903381809