Mini - social phobia inventory (mini-SPIN): psychometric properties and population based norms of the German version. Issue 1 (December 2017)
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- Title:
- Mini - social phobia inventory (mini-SPIN): psychometric properties and population based norms of the German version. Issue 1 (December 2017)
- Main Title:
- Mini - social phobia inventory (mini-SPIN): psychometric properties and population based norms of the German version
- Authors:
- Wiltink, Jörg
Kliem, Sören
Michal, Matthias
Subic-Wrana, Claudia
Reiner, Iris
Beutel, Manfred
Brähler, Elmar
Zwerenz, Rüdiger - Abstract:
- Abstract Background A short screening for social anxiety disorder is useful in clinical and epidemiological contexts. However, the German version of the short form of the Social Phobia Inventory (mini-SPIN) has not been evaluated yet. Therefore, our aim was to determine reliability, validity and population based norms of the German mini-SPIN. Methods The mini-SPIN was evaluated in a clinical (N = 1254) and in a representative community sample (N = 1274). Clinical diagnoses, the Patient Health Questionnaire depression (PHQ-9) and somatization modules (PHQ-15), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), and the Short-Form-12 Health Survey (SF-12) were used in the clinical sample. In the community sample, participants filled out socio-demographic and health related questions and short versions of the PHQ (PHQ-2, GAD-2, panic item). Internal consistency, test-retest reliability, sensitivity to change, discriminant validity, and convergent validity were examined. Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses were performed to determine cut-off scores. Population based norms were computed from the community sample. Results We found internal consistencies between 0.80 and 0.83. Test-retest correlation was Rho = 0.61; sensitivity to change was comparable to the LSAS. Correlations indicated good convergent and discriminant validity of the mini-SPIN. Strict measurement invariance can be assumed regarding age and gender. ReceiverAbstract Background A short screening for social anxiety disorder is useful in clinical and epidemiological contexts. However, the German version of the short form of the Social Phobia Inventory (mini-SPIN) has not been evaluated yet. Therefore, our aim was to determine reliability, validity and population based norms of the German mini-SPIN. Methods The mini-SPIN was evaluated in a clinical (N = 1254) and in a representative community sample (N = 1274). Clinical diagnoses, the Patient Health Questionnaire depression (PHQ-9) and somatization modules (PHQ-15), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS), and the Short-Form-12 Health Survey (SF-12) were used in the clinical sample. In the community sample, participants filled out socio-demographic and health related questions and short versions of the PHQ (PHQ-2, GAD-2, panic item). Internal consistency, test-retest reliability, sensitivity to change, discriminant validity, and convergent validity were examined. Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses were performed to determine cut-off scores. Population based norms were computed from the community sample. Results We found internal consistencies between 0.80 and 0.83. Test-retest correlation was Rho = 0.61; sensitivity to change was comparable to the LSAS. Correlations indicated good convergent and discriminant validity of the mini-SPIN. Strict measurement invariance can be assumed regarding age and gender. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis suggested a cut-off of 6 or higher for a probable diagnosis of SAD. Conclusions The German version of the mini-SPIN is a reliable and valid instrument. Its brevity makes it valuable for screening and assessing changes of social anxiety in clinical and epidemiological studies. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- BMC psychiatry. Volume 17:Issue 1(2017)
- Journal:
- BMC psychiatry
- Issue:
- Volume 17:Issue 1(2017)
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- Volume 17, Issue 1 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0017-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 1
- Page End:
- 10
- Publication Date:
- 2017-12
- Subjects:
- Social anxiety disorder -- Mini social phobia inventory -- Mini-SPIN -- Reliability -- Validity -- Cut-off -- Norms
Psychiatry -- Periodicals
616.89005 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpsychiatr/ ↗
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=62 ↗
http://link.springer.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1186/s12888-017-1545-2 ↗
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- 1471-244X
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