Social anxiety across ethnicity: A confirmatory factor analysis of the FNE and SAD

Melka, Stephen E.; Lancaster, Steven L.; Adams, Lynette; Howarth, Elizabeth; Rodriguez, Benjamin F.

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“…Melka and colleagues (Melka, Lancaster, Adams, Howarth, & Rodriguez, 2010) recently compared the factor structure of two commonly used self-report measures of social anxiety, Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE) and Social Avoidance and Distress Scales (SADS), in European American and African American samples. Whereas the original factor structures generally held for the European American sample, several items needed to be dropped for the models to fit the African American sample.…”

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“…These findings highlight the implications of interpreting data obtained from measures that have not been validated for the population under examination. In the case of the SAD, conclusions that differences exist between African Americans and European Americans (e.g., Melka et al, 2010; Chapman et al, 2008) could actually be the result of measurement and structural issues with the instrument.…”

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Psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) in a longitudinal study of African Americans with anxiety disorders

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Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) is a widely used measure of social anxiety. However, no study has examined the psychometric properties of the LSAS in an African American sample. The current study examined the LSAS characteristics in 97 African Americans diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Overall, the original LSAS subscales showed excellent internal consistency and temporal stability. Similar to previous reports, fear and avoidance subscales were so highly correlated that they yielded redundant information. Confirmatory factor analyses for three previously proposed models failed to demonstrate an excellent fit to our data. However, a four-factor model showed minimally acceptable fit. Overall, the LSAS performed similarly in our African American sample as in previous European American samples. Exploratory factor analyses are warranted to determine whether a better factor structure exists for African Americans.

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Psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) in a longitudinal study of African Americans with anxiety disorders

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Moitra

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Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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“…Factor analytic methods are often used to examine the measurement properties of self-report instruments to further understand their characteristics. Such factor analytic investigations have illustrated that many commonly used scales do not perform as originally intended in general (Keogh & Reidy, 2000;Lancaster, Melka, & Rodriguez, 2009;Melka, Lancaster, Bryant, Rodriguez, & Weston, in press) but also with specific groups of people (Chapman, Kertz, Zurlage, &Woodruff-Borden, 2008;Chapman, Williams, Mast, & Woodruff-Borden, 2009;Melka, Lancaster, Adams, Howarth, & Rodriguez, 2010;Rodriguez, Bruce, Pagano, Spencer, & Keller, 2004;Rodriguez, Pagano, & Keller, 2007).…”

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“…Indeed, investigations have shown that many commonly used self-report measures do not measure the same underlying constructs when compared across ethnic groups. (Chapman et al, 2008(Chapman et al, , 2009Melka et al, 2010).…”

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“…Consequently, the current investigation adds to the literature by confirming the structure of the ERQ in a large sample not previously used for exploratory analysis and comprising higher proportions of male (45.0% vs. 0%, Moore et al) and African American (28.9% vs. 4.1%, Gross & John, 2003;4.3% Moore et al) participants. Given the fact that measures often perform differently in groups of dissimilar ethnic or cultural backgrounds (Chapman et al, 2008(Chapman et al, , 2009Melka et al, 2010), continued efforts to validate instruments using diverse samples is necessary for the field to be able to perform cross-culturally relevant research. The current study conducted analyses of measurement invariance based on gender and ethnicity.…”

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Confirmatory factor and measurement invariance analyses of the emotion regulation questionnaire

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Emotion regulation is widely studied in many areas of psychology and the number of publications on emotion regulation has increased exponentially over the past few decades. Additionally, interest in the relationships between emotion dysregulation processes and psychopathology has drastically increased in recent years. The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) was developed to measure two specific constructs related to emotion control: reappraisal and suppression (Gross & John, 2003). In its initial validation study and subsequent analyses, the instrument was shown to possess sound psychometric properties, but, to date, inquiry regarding the measure's characteristics has been limited. Factor analytic examinations of commonly used instruments are recommended to validate the properties of a given measure and increase researchers understanding of the measured constructs. The current study examined the psychometric properties of the ERQ in a sample of 1,188 undergraduates through confirmatory factor analysis. Additionally, tests of measurement invariance were employed in order to examine potential structural differences based on gender and ethnicity. The current study supported the original structure of the measure with all demographic groups and exceptional fit was demonstrated. Additional normative data for gender and ethnic groups are included. Results support the use of the instrument in future research.

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Diversity Considerations in the Assessment and Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder

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Social anxiety across ethnicity: A confirmatory factor analysis of the FNE and SAD

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Psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) in a longitudinal study of African Americans with anxiety disorders

Psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) in a longitudinal study of African Americans with anxiety disorders

Confirmatory factor and measurement invariance analyses of the emotion regulation questionnaire

Diversity Considerations in the Assessment and Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder

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