Screening Utility of the Social Anxiety Screening Scale in Spanish Speaking Adolescents

  1. Piqueras Rodríguez, José Antonio 1
  2. Olivares Rodríguez, José 2
  3. Hidalgo Montesinos, María Dolores 2
  1. 1 Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
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    Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

    Elche, España

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  2. 2 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

Revista:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Año de publicación: 2012

Volumen: 15

Número: 2

Páginas: 710-723

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5209/REV_SJOP.2012.V15.N2.38882 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: The Spanish Journal of Psychology

Resumen

El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la precisión diagnóstica y utilidad clínica de la Escala para la detección de ansiedad social (EDAS) en una muestra de 227 adolescentes con el trastorno de ansiedad social y 156 sin el trastorno (14-17 años). Los resultados muestran que las puntuaciones en las subescalas de la EDAS (Evitación, Malestar e Interferencia) fueron fiables en términos de consistencia interna (α > .80). Todas las subescalas discriminaron entre adolescentes con y sin el trastorno. También correlacionaron positiva y significativamente con otras medidas de ansiedad social validadas empíricamente. Las tres subescalas indicaron una sensibilidad (69.16-84.14%), especificidad (63.46-66.03%) y área bajo la curva (.74-.81%) adecuadas. Los análisis de regresión logística binaria determinaron la utilidad predictiva de las tres subescalas de la EDAS, si bien la subescala Malestar se mostró como el mejor predictor del diagnóstico. Los datos aportan evidencia empírica de la utilidad de la EDAS como herramienta de detección para el trastorno de ansiedad social en la adolescencia en términos de fiabilidad, validez convergente y discriminante, precisión diagnóstica y utilidad clínica.

Información de financiación

This study was supported by grants from the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (SEJ2004-01471/PSIC), the Seneca Foundation of the Región de Murcia (01116/FPI/03) and (11917/PHCS/09). Special thanks are due to Lorraine Mealing for her assistance in the translation of this paper and to Edith van‘t Hof (VU University Amsterdam) for her commentaries and suggestions.

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