Cintrón Jennifer A, Carter Michele M, Suchday Sonia, Sbrocco Tracy, Gray James
Department of Psychology, American University, 321 Asbury Bldg., Washington, DC 20016-8062, USA.
J Anxiety Disord. 2005;19(1):51-68. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2003.10.007.
The factor structure and convergent and discriminant validity of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI) were examined among a sample of 275 island Puerto Ricans. Results from a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) comparing our data to factor solutions commonly reported as representative of European American and Spanish populations indicated a poor fit. A subsequent exploratory factor analysis (EFA) indicated that a two-factor solution (Factor 1, Anxiety Sensitivity; Factor 2, Emotional Concerns) provided the best fit. Correlations between the ASI and anxiety measures were moderately high providing evidence of convergent validity, while correlations between the ASI and BDI were significantly lower providing evidence of discriminant validity. Scores on all measures were positively correlated with acculturation, suggesting that those who ascribe to more traditional Hispanic culture report elevated anxiety.
在275名波多黎各岛民样本中，对焦虑敏感性指数（ASI）的因子结构、收敛效度和区分效度进行了检验。将我们的数据与通常作为欧美和西班牙人群代表报告的因子解决方案进行比较的验证性因子分析（CFA）结果显示拟合不佳。随后的探索性因子分析（EFA）表明，双因子解决方案（因子1，焦虑敏感性；因子2，情绪关注）提供了最佳拟合。ASI与焦虑测量之间的相关性中等偏高，提供了收敛效度的证据，而ASI与BDI之间的相关性显著较低，提供了区分效度的证据。所有测量的得分与文化适应呈正相关，这表明那些认同更传统西班牙文化的人报告的焦虑程度更高。
