Brazilian Validation of the Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults (saq)

• Autor(a) principal: Caballo, Vicente E.
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Salazar, Isabel C., Nobre-Sandoval, Larissa, Wagner, Marcia F., Arias, Benito, Lourenço, Lelio, CISO-A Brasil, Equipe
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Psicologia (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/8576
• topic: ansiedad social; fobia social; evaluación; SAQ; análisis factorial; ansiedade social; fobia social; avaliação; (SAQ); análise fatorial; social anxiety; social phobia; assessment; SAQ; factorial analysis

A common practice in the field of social anxiety assessment in Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries is the use of instruments, developed in English-speaking countries, without prior adaptation to the country of application. Recently, it has been empirically developed the new Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults (SAQ) with so­cial situations from Ibero America, Spain, and Portugal. This article presents the psycho­metric properties of the SAQ, applied to a sample of 2,422 Brazilians. The results show that the questionnaire maintains its five-factor original structure, with its 30 items loa­ding above 0.40 in each of the five factors. The reliability and internal consistency are high. Differences associated with gender were found, showing that women scored hi­ gher than men in three out of the five factors and in global social anxiety. These data indicate that the SAQ is a reliable and valid measure for use in Brazil.