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Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A): Measuring Social Anxiety among Finnish Adolescents
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Ranta, Klaus; Junttila, Niina; Laakkonen, Eero; Uhmavaara, Anni; La Greca, Annette M.; Niemi, Paivi M. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2012
The aim of this study was to investigate symptoms of social anxiety and the psychometric properties of the "Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents" (SAS-A) among Finnish adolescents, 13-16 years of age. Study 1 (n = 867) examined the distribution of SAS-A scores according to gender and age, and the internal consistency and factor structure…
Descriptors: Evidence, Anxiety Disorders, Test Validity, Factor Structure
Comparison of Factor Structure Models for the Beck Depression Inventory--II
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Ward, L. Charles – Psychological Assessment, 2006
Factor analyses of the Beck Depression Inventory--II (A. T. Beck, R. A. Steer, & G. K. Brown, 1996) have frequently produced 2 different 2-factor oblique structures. The author used confirmatory factor analyses to compare these structures with a general-factor model with 2 orthogonal group factors. The general-factor model fit as well as or…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Factor Structure, Models, Questionnaires
Cross-Cultural Comparisons and the Presumption of Equivalent Measurement and Theoretical Structure: A Look beneath the Surface.
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Byrne, Barbara M.; Campbell, T. Leanne – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1999
Demonstrates the extent to which item-score data can vary across cultures despite measurements from an instrument in which factorial structure is specified in each group. Scores from the Beck Depression Inventory for 658 Canadian, 1,096 Swedish, and 691 Bulgarian high school students illustrate the differences. Discusses implications for…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Depression (Psychology), Factor Structure
A Comparison of EQS and LISREL Strategies in Testing for an Invariant 2nd-Order Factor Structure.
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Byrne, Barbara M. – 1994
Working from a common data base and hypothesized model, this paper demonstrates and compares the EQS and LISREL computer program strategies in the analysis of a second-order factor model. Program similarities and differences are noted with respect to: (1) preliminary analyses of the data; (2) treatment of data that are not multivariately normal;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software