The School Anxiety Scale-Teacher Report (SAS-TR): translation and psychometric properties of the Iranian version.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The School Anxiety Scale-Teacher Report (SAS-TR) was designed to assess anxiety in children at school. The SAS-TR is a proxy rated measure and could assess social anxiety, generalized anxiety and also gives a total anxiety score. This study aimed to translate and validate the SAS-TR in Iran.

Methods

The translation and cultural adaptation of the original questionnaire were carried out in accordance with the published guidelines. A sample of students participated in the study. Reliability was estimated using internal consistency and test-retest analysis. Validity was assessed using content validity. The factor structure of the questionnaire was extracted by performing both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses.

Results

In all 200 elementary students a

SUBMITTER: Hajiamini Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3412721 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature