The present article reports the findings of an investigation on social anxiety with a nonclinical sample of children and adolescents (ranging in age from 7 to 16 years). The study examined the factor structure of the Spanish Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised (SASC-R; La Greca y Stone, 1993). Results supported a three-factor structure ofthe SASC-R (i.e., fear of negative evaluation from peers, generalized social avoidance and distress, and social avoidance and diestress specific to new peers). Factor analysis of the SASC (the former versión of the scale) yielded two factors (i.e., fear of negative evaluation from peers, and social avoidance and distress). Findings support previous U.S. data and provide cross-cultural evidence for the structure of social anxiety in children and adolescents. Some potential utility of the questionnaire is addressed.
En el presente artículo presentamos los resultados de una investigación sobre la ansiedad social con una muestra de niños y adolescentes no clínicos (rango de edad entre 7 y 16 años). En la investigación estudiamos la estructura factorial de la versión española de la Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised (SASC-R; La Greca y Stone, 1993). Los resultados confirman una estructura tridimensional de la SASC-R (miedo a la evaluación negativa de los iguales, evitación/distress social sobre situaciones generalizadas, y evitación/distress social relativa a situaciones con nuevos compañeros). El análisis factorial de la escala SASC (versión inicial de la escala) dio como resultado dos factores (i.e., miedo a la evaluación negativa de los iguales, y evitación/distress social). Los resultados apoyan los datos referidos en Estados Unidos y proporcionan evidencia transcultural sobre la estructura de la ansiedad social infantojuvenil. Se comentan algunos aspectos relacionados con la utilidad de esta escala.
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