Abstract

SALAZAR, Isabel C.; MERINO-SOTO, César; CABALLO, Vicente E.  and  EQUIPO DE INVESTIGACION CISO-A PERU. Psychometric properties of the Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults (SAQ) in Peru. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2019, vol.13, n.2, pp.107-120.  Epub Jan 15, 2020. ISSN 1900-2386.  https://doi.org/10.21500/19002386.3885.

Research on the assessment of social anxiety in Ibero-America is scarce. In recent years, the psychometric characteristics of the Social Anxiety Questionnaire for adults (SAQ) have been reported in different Ibero-American countries except Peru. The aim of this study was to analyze the construct and the convergent validity, and the reliability of the SAQ, using a non-clinical sample of 3064 Peruvians. The confirmatory factorial analysis showed that the model of five-related factors was better adjusted to the data than the hierarchical model, and that the unifactorial model did not have a good fit. The correlations between their factors (from .608 to .709) indicate that each of them evaluates specific aspects of the construct and also contribute to the overall measurement of it. The reliability coefficients were from acceptable to very good (.78( (( .85, .75( (( .83). The high correlation (r= .69) with the Anxiety subscale of the “Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale-Self-Report version” (LSAS-SR) supports its convergent validity. These appropriate psychometric characteristics of the questionnaire support its use with the Peruvian population.

Keywords : validity; reliability; social anxiety; SAQ; factorial analysis; assessment.

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