Social anxiety across ethnicity: A confirmatory factor analysis of the FNE and SAD
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Participants
A total of 1420 undergraduate students participated in the current study in order to receive class credit. The sample was ethnically diverse, with European Americans (n = 900), African Americans (n = 376), Latinos/as (n = 46), Asian Americans (n = 32), American Indians (n = 11), Pacific Islanders (n = 3), and those of other ethnic backgrounds (n = 52) represented. Gender ratios offered appropriate numbers of men (n = 656) and women (n = 763), with one participant not reporting their sex. Participants were 19.1
Results
Initial mean comparisons were conducted to identify any differences between the two ethnic groups for both of the measures. Though these analyses are not central to the current study's hypothesis, they are meaningful for later discussion of the properties of these measures and possible factors affecting the comparative study of social anxiety levels between ethnic groups. Results of these tests indicated that European Americans, M = 13.51, SD = 8.47, scored higher than African Americans, M = 10.56, SD
Discussion
The purpose of the present study was to examine the factor structure and fit of the FNE and the SAD in an African American and European American sample and to identify potential differences in structure across the two groups. As hypothesized both measures demonstrated different structures across ethnic groups following confirmatory factor analyses. Additionally, model fit improvements for the African American sample required the removal of a total of seven items across both instruments. When
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