The Social Phobia Inventory (SoPhI): Validity and reliability in an adolescent population

  1. Bermejo de las Heras, Rosa María
  2. García López, Luis Joaquín
  3. Hidalgo Montesinos, María Dolores
  4. Moore, Kathleen A.
Journal:
Anales de psicología

ISSN: 0212-9728,  1695-2294

Year of publication: 2011

Volume: 27

Issue: 2

Pages: 342-349

Type: Article

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Abstract

A pesar de la existencia de numerosas escalas para evaluar ansiedad social en adultos, y un número creciente de ellas para medir esta psicopatología en adolescentes, sólo se dispone de una escala desarrollada durante la última década, Social Phobia Inventory (SoPhI; Moore & Gee, 2003), que ha incluido un ítem para examinar el criterio F del trastorno de ansiedad social de acuerdo con el DSM-IV-TR (el trastorno debe estar presente durante al menos seis meses). Pese a esto, no se ha examinado la validez del SoPhI en otras lenguas y culturas. Para cubrir esta laguna, se administró el SoPhI en dos estudios: en el primero de ellos, a 457 adoles-centes de una muestra comunitaria, con el fin de determinar su consisten-cia interna y estructura factorial; en el segundo caso, a una muestra clínica de 114 adolescentes con un diagnóstico clínico principal de trastorno de ansiedad social y a 78 adolescentes sin este trastorno. Los resultados reve-laron que la escala mostró buenas propiedades psicométricas, tanto al respecto de su fiabilidad test-retest, validez convergente, consistencia interna, y una estructura factorial similar a la obtenida en el estudio origi-nal. Por ello, todos estos datos apoyan el uso del SoPhI en un idioma diferente al inglés, y para otro rango de edad que el inicialmente desarro-llado.

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