Hathway Taylor, McLellan Lauren F, Dear Blake F, Trompeter Nora, Carl Talia, Wuthrich Viviana, Hudson Jennifer L, Rapee Ronald M
School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.
Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Research Centre, School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.
Cogn Behav Ther. 2025 Mar;54(2):171-189. doi: 10.1080/16506073.2024.2397673. Epub 2024 Sep 5.
The Mini Social Phobia Inventory (Mini-SPIN) is a short 3-item measure of social anxiety disorder (SAD). Using existing data, the current study examined the psychometric properties of the Mini-SPIN using a large, treatment seeking sample of children aged 6-16 years with data available for youth ( = 695, 170) and their caregivers ( = 703, 177) at pre-treatment and follow-up, respectively. The ability of the Mini-SPIN to discriminate between those with and without SAD was examined at pre-treatment and 6-month follow-up, across caregiver and child report. The criterion group validity, internal consistency and construct validity of the measure was also examined. Results revealed that at pre-treatment the Mini-SPIN demonstrated good discriminant validity in detecting cases of SAD from non-SAD (with cut-off of 4 on child report, and 6 on caregiver report). At 6-month follow-up, the discriminant ability of the Mini-SPIN was found to be less than acceptable for child reported scores, but acceptable for caregiver reported scores. The Mini-SPIN further demonstrated good criterion group validity, internal consistency and construct validity across caregiver and child report. Overall, the findings from the current study lend further support for the use of the Mini-SPIN as a screening tool for SAD.
迷你社交恐惧症量表（Mini-SPIN）是一种用于测量社交焦虑障碍（SAD）的简短的包含3个条目的量表。本研究利用现有数据，在一个规模较大的、年龄在6至16岁且寻求治疗的儿童样本中，考察了Mini-SPIN的心理测量特性，该样本在治疗前和随访时分别有青少年（n = 695，170）及其照顾者（n = 703，177）的数据。在治疗前和6个月随访时，分别通过照顾者和儿童报告，考察了Mini-SPIN区分有无SAD者的能力。同时还考察了该量表的效标组效度、内部一致性和结构效度。结果显示，在治疗前，Mini-SPIN在从非SAD者中检测出SAD病例方面表现出良好的区分效度（儿童报告的临界值为4，照顾者报告的临界值为6）。在6个月随访时，发现Mini-SPIN对儿童报告分数的区分能力低于可接受水平，但对照顾者报告分数的区分能力是可接受的。Mini-SPIN在照顾者和儿童报告中进一步表现出良好的效标组效度、内部一致性和结构效度。总体而言，本研究结果为将Mini-SPIN用作SAD的筛查工具提供了进一步支持。
