The School Anxiety Scale-Teacher Report (SAS-TR): translation and psychometric properties of the Iranian version

BMC Psychiatry

Research Article

Zahra Hajiamini¹  Ali Fathi- Ashtiani²  Mahmoud Tavousi³  Ali Montazeri⁴  Abbas Ebadi⁵  Ashraf Mohamadi⁵ 

[1] Behavioral Sciences Research Center and School of Nursing, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Bagiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Health Education and Promotion Research Group, Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran;Mental Health Research Group, Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran;School of Nursing, Bagiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;

关键词: Anxiety Disorder;    Confirmatory Factor Analysis;    Social Anxiety;    Social Anxiety Disorder;    Elementary Student;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-12-82

 received in 2011-02-02, accepted in 2012-07-18,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe School Anxiety Scale-Teacher Report (SAS-TR) was designed to assess anxiety in children at school. The SAS-TR is a proxy rated measure and could assess social anxiety, generalized anxiety and also gives a total anxiety score. This study aimed to translate and validate the SAS-TR in Iran.MethodsThe translation and cultural adaptation of the original questionnaire were carried out in accordance with the published guidelines. A sample of students participated in the study. Reliability was estimated using internal consistency and test-retest analysis. Validity was assessed using content validity. The factor structure of the questionnaire was extracted by performing both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses.ResultsIn all 200 elementary students aged 6 to 10 years were studied. Considering the recommended cut-off values, overall the prevalence of high anxiety condition in elementary students was found to be 21 %. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the Iranian SAS-TR was 0.92 and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was found to be 0.81. The principal component analysis indicated a two-factor structure for the questionnaire (generalized and social anxiety) that jointly accounted for 55.3 % of variances observed. The confirmatory factory analysis also indicated a good fit to the data for the two-latent structure of the questionnaire.ConclusionIn general the findings suggest that the Iranian version of SAS-TR has satisfactory reliability, and validity for measuring anxiety in 6 to 10 years old children in Iran. It is simple and easy to use and now can be applied in future studies.

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