University of Granada, Granada, Andalucía, Spain.
Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Assessment. 2022 Sep;29(6):1285-1300. doi: 10.1177/10731911211010961. Epub 2021 Apr 30.
The GELOPH-15 is a self-report measure that assesses individual differences in the fear of being laughed at (i.e., gelotophobia), a relatively understudied but important trait that is closely related to social anxiety. Using a multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) approach, the convergent and discriminant validity of the GELOPH-15 scale was examined based on 217 self- and 651 peer ratings (of three close acquaintances per target) of the traits gelotophobia, social anxiety, and paranoid ideation. Participants completed the Spanish versions of the GELOPH-15, the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale, and the Paranoia Scale. Applying MTMM models of multilevel confirmatory factor analyses (ML-CFA-MTMM) revealed relatively high associations between the self- and peer ratings, supporting the convergent validity of the GELOPH-15. Discriminant validity analyses confirmed the expected relationship patterns of gelotophobia with social anxiety and paranoid ideation (i.e., strong, but not perfect associations). The results showed that the ML-CFA-MTMM models might be a useful tool for analyzing the convergent and discriminant validity based on self- and peer ratings.
GELOPH-15 是一种自我报告式的测量工具，用于评估被嘲笑的恐惧（即惧笑症）个体差异。惧笑症是一个相对较少被研究但很重要的特征，与社交焦虑密切相关。本研究采用多特质-多方法（MTMM）的方法，基于 217 名自我报告和 651 名同伴评定（每个目标的三个亲密熟人），对惧笑症、社交焦虑和偏执观念三个特质的 GELOPH-15 量表的聚合效度和区分效度进行了检验。参与者完成了 GELOPH-15 的西班牙语版本、社交互动焦虑量表和偏执量表。应用多层次验证性因素分析（ML-CFA-MTMM）的 MTMM 模型表明，自我报告和同伴评定之间存在较高的相关性，支持 GELOPH-15 的聚合效度。区分效度分析证实了惧笑症与社交焦虑和偏执观念之间的预期关系模式（即强烈但非完美的关联）。结果表明，ML-CFA-MTMM 模型可能是分析自我和同伴评定的聚合和区分效度的有用工具。
