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Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents and School Anxiety Inventory: Psychometric properties in French adolescents

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School and social anxiety are common problems and have a significant impact on youths’ development. Nevertheless, the questionnaires to assess these anxious symptoms in French adolescents have limitations. The aim of this study is to provide a French version of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) and the School Anxiety Inventory (SAI), analysing their psychometric properties by the factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent validity. The SAS-A and the SAI were collectively administered in a sample of 1011 French adolescents (48.5% boys) ranging in age from 11 to 18 years. Confirmatory factor analyses replicated the previously identified correlated three-factor structure of the SAS-A and the correlated four-factor structure of the SAI. Acceptable internal consistency indexes were found for SAS-A and SAI scores. Correlations supported the convergent validity of the questionnaires’ subscales. Overall, results supported the internal consistency and validity of the French versions of the SAS-A and SAI.

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  1. University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain

    Beatriz Delgado, José M. García-Fernández & María C. Martínez-Monteagudo

  2. Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Elche, Spain

    Cándido J. Inglés & Juan C. Marzo

  3. University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA

    Annette M. La Greca

  4. University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France

    Mandarine Hugon

  5. Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante, PO Box 99, 03080, Alicante, Spain

    María C. Martínez-Monteagudo

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Delgado, B., García-Fernández, J.M., Martínez-Monteagudo, M.C. et al. Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents and School Anxiety Inventory: Psychometric properties in French adolescents. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 50, 13–26 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-018-0818-4

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