The reliability and validity of a Chinese-version Short Health Anxiety Inventory: an investigation of university students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI) is widely used in English-speaking populations, with good reliability and validity. For further research needs in the Chinese population, it was translated into a Chinese version (CSHAI). Furthermore, the reliability, validity, and cutoff score were examined in a nonclinical population in the People's Republic of China.

Methods

Three hundred and sixteen undergraduates were evaluated by a set of questionnaires including CSHAI, Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Fifty-eight students completed CSHAI again after 30 days.

Results

The two-factor model had satisfactory fit indices. The correlation coefficients between each item with t

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4509540 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature