Internal consistency and factor structure of the Portuguese version of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale among alcoholic patients

Terra, Mauro Barbosa; Barros, Helena Maria Tannhauser; Stein, Airton Tetelbom; Figueira, Ivan; Athayde, Luciana Dias; Gonçalves, Marcelo de S; Tergolina, Letícia P; Rovani, Joana S; Silveira, Dartiu Xavier da

doi:10.1590/s1516-44462006000700004

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“…These indices are in agreement with international studies that, regardless of the context and manner of application of the scale, always found high values for this parameter, ranging from 0.61 to 0.98 [11]–[14], [16]–[18], [42], [47]–[49].…”

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Psychometric Validation Study of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale - Self-Reported Version for Brazilian Portuguese

Santos¹,

Loureiro

Crippa

et al. 2013

PLoS ONE

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Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is prevalent and rarely diagnosed due to the difficulty in recognizing its symptoms as belonging to a disorder. Therefore, the evaluation/screening scales are of great importance for its detection, with the most used being the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS). Thus, this study proposed to evaluate the psychometric properties of internal consistency and convergent validity, as well as the confirmatory factorial analysis and reliability of the self-reported version of the LSAS (LSAS-SR), translated into Brazilian Portuguese, in a sample of the general population (N = 413) and in a SAD clinical sample (N = 252). The convergent validity with specific scales for the evaluation of SAD and a general anxiety scale presented correlations ranging from 0.21 to 0.84. The confirmatory factorial analysis did not replicate the previously indicated findings of the literature, with the difficulty being in obtaining a consensus factorial structure common to the diverse cultures in which the instrument was studied. The LSAS-SR presented excellent internal consistency (α = 0.90–0.96) and test-retest reliability (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient = 0.81; Pearson’s = 0.82). The present findings support those of international studies that attest to the excellent psychometric properties of the LSAS-SR, endorsing its status as the gold standard.

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Psychometric Validation Study of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale - Self-Reported Version for Brazilian Portuguese

Santos¹,

Loureiro

Crippa

et al. 2013

PLoS ONE

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“…The Spanish and Portuguese versions of the LSAS-SR record good internal consistency and reliability. Cronbach’s α for the LSAS-SR Anxiety subscale is between .83 and .90, between .84 and .88 for the LSAS-SR Avoidance subscale, and between .90 and .95 for the LSAS-SR total (Terra et al, 2006). …”

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Differences in social anxiety between men and women across 18 countries

Caballo

Salazar

Muñiz

et al. 2014

Personality and Individual Differences

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Sex differences between men and women in social anxiety are largely unexplored. This study sought to shed some light on this topic. We administered self-report measures of social anxiety to community samples of 17,672 women and 13,440 men from 16 Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal, as well as to a clinical sample of 601 patients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder. Small but significant differences were found between men and women in the general degree of social anxiety and self-reported fears of interactions with the opposite sex, criticism and embarrassment, and speaking in public-talking to people in authority. These results point to small, but meaningful differences between men and women in social anxiety. Implications of these results for the self-report measurement of social anxiety in men and women are discussed.

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“…Regarding the psychometric properties of the LSAS-SR, the literature has reported good test-retest reliability, adequate internal consistency, and adequate convergent and discriminant validity,10,13 even in versions translated into other languages 15 -17 The LSAS-SR has also been used to establish the convergent validity of other self-report measures of social anxiety, such as the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN),18 the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI),19 the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) and the Social Phobia Scale (SPS),20 and the short forms of the SIAS and the SPS 21. Furthermore, it is commonly used to assess treatment outcomes in SAD patients receiving pharmacological treatment6,22 or cognitive-behavioral therapy 23…”

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“…Although the psychometric properties of the LSAS-SR have been examined in different countries, few studies have been conducted in Spanish or Portuguese-speaking countries 17,19,24,25. The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure, invariance, internal consistency, and convergent validity of the LSAS-SR with clinical and non-clinical samples from Spain, Portugal, and 16 Latin American countries.…”

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Psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale in a large cross-cultural Spanish and Portuguese speaking sample

Caballo

Salazar²,

Arias

et al. 2019

Braz. J. Psychiatry

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Objective:To examine the psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale-Self Report (LSAS-SR) based on a large sample recruited from 16 Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal.Methods:Two groups of participants were included: a non-clinical sample involving 31,243 community subjects and a clinical sample comprising 529 patients with a diagnosis of social anxiety disorder (SAD). Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) were used in order to determine the psychometric properties of the LSAS-SR.Results:EFA identified five factors with eigenvalues greater than 1.00 explaining 50.78% of the cumulative variance. CFA and ESEM supported this 5-factor structure of the LSAS-SR. The factors included: 1) speaking in public; 2) eating/drinking in front of other people; 3) assertive behaviors; 4) working/writing while being observed; and 5) interactions with strangers. Other psychometric properties such as inter-factor correlations, invariance, reliability, and validity of the scale were also found.Conclusion:Psychometric data support the internal consistency and convergent validity of the LSAS-SR. It seems to be a valid and reliable measure of global social anxiety for Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries, although when considering a multidimensional approach (factor-based assessment) it seems to be lacking some relevant social situations that are feared in those countries.

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Internal consistency and factor structure of the Portuguese version of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale among alcoholic patients

Abstract: The scale proved to be reliable and structurally valid instrument for use in a population of alcoholic patients. The possibility of screening for social phobia through the use of the instrument may be helpful in identifying probable cases of the disorder among alcoholics.

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Psychometric Validation Study of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale - Self-Reported Version for Brazilian Portuguese

Psychometric Validation Study of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale - Self-Reported Version for Brazilian Portuguese

Differences in social anxiety between men and women across 18 countries

Psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale in a large cross-cultural Spanish and Portuguese speaking sample

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