Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States.
Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States; Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Psychiatry Res. 2018 Oct;268:72-81. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.07.007. Epub 2018 Jul 7.
The present study examined the factor structure, invariance properties, reliability, and validity of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI-3, Taylor et al., 2007). Participants were recruited from a large, ethnically diverse southwestern university (n = 3651; 77.8% female; M = 22.06 years; 28% non-Hispanic White). Findings supported a bifactor structure for the ASI-3, which demonstrated measurement invariance across sex, race/ethnicity, age, and sexual minority status. Furthermore, the ASI-3 demonstrated strong reliability and validity, with the anxiety sensitivity general and specific factors (physical, cognitive, and social concerns) evidencing unique patterns of relations with symptoms of depression, suicidality, anxious arousal, and social anxiety. Clinically, these findings generally support the validity of the ASI-3 in measuring anxiety sensitivity across sex, age, race/ethnicity, and sexual minority status. Future work is needed to better understand the role anxiety sensitivity plays within specific demographic subgroups, particularly African-Americans, Asian Americans, and sexual minorities.
本研究考察了焦虑敏感指数-3（ASI-3，Taylor 等人，2007）的因子结构、不变性特征、信度和效度。参与者是从一所大型、种族多样化的西南大学招募的（n=3651；77.8%为女性；M=22.06 岁；28%为非西班牙裔白人）。研究结果支持 ASI-3 的双因素结构，该结构在性别、种族/民族、年龄和性少数群体地位方面具有测量不变性。此外，ASI-3 具有很强的信度和效度，焦虑敏感的一般和特定因素（身体、认知和社交关注）与抑郁症状、自杀意念、焦虑唤醒和社交焦虑的关系呈现出独特的模式。临床上，这些发现普遍支持 ASI-3 在衡量性别、年龄、种族/民族和性少数群体地位方面的焦虑敏感性的有效性。未来需要进一步研究，以更好地了解焦虑敏感性在特定人口统计学亚组（特别是非裔美国人、亚裔美国人和性少数群体）中的作用。
