Development of social anxiety cognition scale for college students: Basing on Hofmann’s model of social anxiety disorder

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To develop the Chinese version of the Social Anxiety Cognition Scale for College Students (SACS-CS) based on Hofmann’s model of social anxiety disorder and examine its reliability and validity.

Methods

Based on literature analysis and structured interviews, a theoretical model was constructed and behavioral examples were collected. According to the results of participants’ and experts’ evaluations, the initial SACS-CS was developed. The study data were collected from a total of 500 valid participants, randomly divided into two samples. Sample 1 (n = 200) and sample 2 (n = 300) were considered for exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), respectively. Internal reliability and validity were examined using all 500 participants, and tem

SUBMITTER: Zha Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9892844 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature