Child Psychiatry & Human Development ( IF 2.776 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-03 , DOI: 10.1007/s10578-021-01163-0 Eleanor Leigh 1, 2 , David M Clark 1
Negative cognitions play a central role in adolescent social anxiety, and yet there is a lack of empirically validated measures assessing these in detail. This study describes the adaptation of the Child & Adolescent Social Cognitions Questionnaire (CASCQ) from the adult version of the scale and its preliminary validation in a general adolescent school sample (N = 671). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis on split halves of the data indicated two factors, labelled ‘negative self-concept’ and ‘anxious appearance’, provided the best fit. Totals and subscales possessed good internal consistency and convergent validity. Findings suggest that the CASCQ is a reliable and valid measure of social anxiety-related cognitions in youth and may be useful for research and clinical purposes. Further examination of the scale with pre-adolescents and clinical samples is warranted.
中文翻译:
儿童及青少年社会认知问卷的开发与初步验证
消极认知在青少年社交焦虑中起着核心作用,但缺乏经过实证验证的措施来详细评估这些。本研究描述了对成人版量表的儿童和青少年社会认知问卷 (CASCQ) 的改编及其在一般青少年学校样本 (N = 671) 中的初步验证。对数据分成两半的探索性和验证性因素分析表明,标记为“负面自我概念”和“焦虑外表”的两个因素提供了最佳拟合。总分和分量表具有良好的内部一致性和收敛效度。研究结果表明,CASCQ 是一种可靠且有效的青少年社交焦虑相关认知测量方法,可能对研究和临床目的有用。