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Multicenter Study
. 2010 Oct;46(4):266-78.
doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2010.00261.x.

Further study of the psychometric qualities of a brief screening tool for social phobia (MINI-SPIN) applied to clinical and nonclinical samples

Flávia de Lima Osório  1 , José Alexandre S Crippa, Sonia Regina Loureiro
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Multicenter Study

Further study of the psychometric qualities of a brief screening tool for social phobia (MINI-SPIN) applied to clinical and nonclinical samples

Flávia de Lima Osório et al. Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2010 Oct.

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to further assess the psychometric qualities of the Mini-Social Phobia Inventory (MS) to screen for social anxiety disorder (SAD).

Design and methods: The MS and other self- and clinician-rated scales for anxiety and social anxiety were applied in 2,314 university students and in samples of SAD patients (n = 88) and nonpatients (n = 90).

Findings: The MS revealed adequate discriminative validity, internal consistency (α= 0.49-0.73), convergent validity with the Social Phobia Inventory, Brief Social Phobia Scale, and Self-Statements During Public Speaking Scale and convergent and divergent validity with the Beck Anxiety Inventory.

Practice implications: The MS has shown to be a fast and efficient screening instrument for SAD in different cultures and contexts.

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