[School Anxiety Inventory: validation in a sample of Spanish secondary education students]

Psicothema. 2011 Apr;23(2):301-7.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric evidence of scores on the School Anxiety Inventory (SAI). The SAI was administered to a sample of 520 secondary education students, aged from 12 to 18 years. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported the correlated four-factor structure related to school situations (Anxiety about Academic Failure and Punishment, Anxiety about Aggression, Anxiety about Social Evaluation, and Anxiety about Academic Evaluation) and the three-factor structure related to the response systems of anxiety (Cognitive Anxiety, Psychophysiological Anxiety, and Behavioral Anxiety). Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were appropriate. The results also revealed positive and statistically significant correlations between the SAI and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anxiety / diagnosis*
  • Anxiety / psychology
  • Child
  • Factor Analysis, Statistical
  • Fear
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Personality Inventory*
  • Psychology, Adolescent
  • Psychology, Child
  • Psychometrics
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Schools*
  • Spain
  • Students / psychology*