Garcia-Lopez LuisJoaquín, Moore Harry T A
University of Jaen, Jaen, Spain.
University of Jaen, Jaen, Spain; University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
PLoS One. 2015 Aug 28;10(8):e0135862. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135862. eCollection 2015.
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is one of the most common mental disorders in adolescence. Many validated psychometric tools are available to diagnose individuals with SAD efficaciously. However, there is a demand for shortened self-report instruments that identify adolescents at risk of developing SAD. We validate the Mini-SPIN and its diagnostic efficiency in overcoming this problem in Spanish-speaking adolescents in Spain.
The psychometric properties of the 3-item Mini-SPIN scale for adolescents were assessed in a community (study 1) and clinical sample (study 2).
Study 1 consisted of 573 adolescents, and found the Mini-SPIN to have appropriate internal consistency and high construct validity. Study 2 consisted of 354 adolescents (147 participants diagnosed with SAD and 207 healthy controls). Data revealed that the Mini-SPIN has good internal consistency, high construct validity and adequate diagnostic efficiency.
Our findings suggest that the Mini-SPIN has good psychometric properties on clinical and healthy control adolescents and general population, which indicates that it can be used as a screening tool in Spanish-speaking adolescents. Cut-off scores are provided.
社交焦虑障碍（SAD）是青少年中最常见的精神障碍之一。有许多经过验证的心理测量工具可有效诊断患有SAD的个体。然而，需要缩短自我报告工具，以识别有发展为SAD风险的青少年。我们在西班牙讲西班牙语的青少年中验证了Mini-SPIN及其在克服这一问题方面的诊断效率。
在社区样本（研究1）和临床样本（研究2）中评估了青少年3项Mini-SPIN量表的心理测量特性。
研究1包括573名青少年，发现Mini-SPIN具有适当的内部一致性和较高的结构效度。研究2包括354名青少年（147名被诊断为SAD的参与者和207名健康对照）。数据显示，Mini-SPIN具有良好的内部一致性、较高的结构效度和足够的诊断效率。
我们的研究结果表明，Mini-SPIN在临床、健康对照青少年和一般人群中具有良好的心理测量特性，这表明它可以用作讲西班牙语青少年的筛查工具。提供了临界值。
