Department of Psychology, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
PLoS One. 2021 Mar 10;16(3):e0248149. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248149. eCollection 2021.
Adult separation anxiety disorder (ASAD) is characterized by developmentally inappropriate and excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from those to whom the individual is attached. Despite the high rates of this diagnosis among Portuguese adults, there is a lack of measures to assess it. In this study, we assessed the psychometric properties of a Portuguese adaptation of the Adult Separation Anxiety questionnaire (ASA-27) on a sample of 267 adults (72.7% women) aged 18-80 years (M = 40.5, SD = 13.1). Factor structure, internal consistency, and convergence validity were examined. This study confirmed the single-factor structure of the Portuguese version of ASA-27. Consistency was high for the total sample (ω = .92) and by gender (ω = .93 and 92, men and women groups, respectively). The scale was positively related to the Portuguese version of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) (r = .57, p< .001, for both State and trait anxiety scales) and Composite Codependency Scale total score (r = .29, p< .001). In addition, the ASA-27 total score showed incremental validity in the explanation of anxiety measured by STAI. In conclusion, results show that the Portuguese version of the ASA-27 is a reliable and valid measure of ASAD.
成人分离焦虑障碍（ASAD）的特征是与个体依恋的人分离时，表现出发展上不适当和过度的恐惧或焦虑。尽管葡萄牙成年人的这种诊断率很高，但缺乏评估它的措施。在这项研究中，我们评估了成人分离焦虑问卷（ASA-27）葡萄牙语版本在 267 名年龄在 18-80 岁（M=40.5，SD=13.1）的成年人样本中的心理测量特性。检验了因子结构、内部一致性和收敛效度。这项研究证实了 ASA-27 葡萄牙语版本的单因素结构。总样本的一致性较高（ω=.92），按性别划分的一致性也较高（ω=.93 和 92，分别为男性和女性群体）。该量表与葡萄牙版状态-特质焦虑问卷（STAI）呈正相关（r=.57，p<.001，状态和特质焦虑量表均如此）和综合共病量表总分（r=.29，p<.001）。此外，ASA-27 总分在 STAI 测量的焦虑解释方面具有增量有效性。总之，结果表明 ASA-27 的葡萄牙语版本是 ASAD 的可靠和有效的测量工具。
