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Psychometric Properties and Administration Measurement Invariance of Social Phobia Symptom Measures: Paper-Pencil vs. Internet Administrations

Auteurs: Michiyo Hirai, Laura L. Vernon, George A. Clum, Susan T. Skidmore

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment | Uitgave 4/2011

Abstract

The psychometric properties of the online versions of assessment instruments for phobias and related symptoms were compared to those of paper-pencil versions. The examined measures were the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) and Social Phobia Scale (SPS). Students (n = 514) completed the instruments either in a paper-pencil in lab condition or an online at home condition. Means of the measures were largely equivalent between the two groups. Factor structures of the measures support construct validity of the two versions of the questionnaires. The coefficient alphas for the measures were reasonably high, ranging between .91 and .93 for both groups. Correlations between the measures were similar across groups. Overall, adequate psychometric properties of the online versions of the instruments were demonstrated, however, neither of the social phobia measures demonstrated measurement invariance between the two assessment modalities.

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Fit indices showed adequate to good fit across gender for the SIAS and SPS for both paper-pencil and online administrations. RMSEA ranged from .07 to .08 for males and from .07 to .09 for females; CFI ranged from .88 to .91 for males and from .86 to .93 for females; SRMR ranged from .06 to .08 for males and from .05 to .08 for females; and χ ²/df was consistently less than 2.50. Although the CFI values are not as good as we would like, we acknowledge that because the CFI penalizes for less parsimonius models (Kenny and McCoach 2003) and the phobia measures in the present study have a relatively large number of parameters to be estimated a lower than ideal value for CFI is not unexpected. In addition, we recognize that multiple fit indices provide a more comprehensive view of model fit (Hu and Bentler 1999). Thus the RMSEA, SRMR, and χ ²/df demonstrate good to acceptable fit of the models.

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Titel: Psychometric Properties and Administration Measurement Invariance of Social Phobia Symptom Measures: Paper-Pencil vs. Internet Administrations
Auteurs: Michiyo Hirai
Laura L. Vernon
George A. Clum
Susan T. Skidmore
Publicatiedatum: 01-12-2011
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment / Uitgave 4/2011
Print ISSN: 0882-2689
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3505
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-011-9257-2

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