ERIC Number: EJ1379635
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jul
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-3085
EISSN: EISSN-1520-6807
Initial Development and Validation of the School Anxiety Inventory--College Version (SAI-CV)
Beckmann, Emily A.; Jastrowski Mano, Kristen E.
Psychology in the Schools, v60 n7 p2540-2563 Jul 2023
To develop the School Anxiety Inventory--College Version (SAI-CV)--a measure of school anxiety specifically tailored for college students--and provide initial reliability and validity evidence. College undergraduates (N = 1004) from a large Midwestern University. Participants completed the SAI-CV as well as measures of test anxiety, fear of negative evaluation, and college self-efficacy. SAI-CV total and subscale scores indicated excellent internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's [alpha] = 0.94-0.97). Confirmatory factor analysis supported a three-factor model for each domain: school situations (academic failure, social evaluation, peer aggression) and anxiety symptoms (cognitive, behavioral, physiological). The SAI-CV also exhibited strong evidence of convergent and discriminant validity. Findings support strong initial psychometric evidence of the SAI-CV. Given that school anxiety is a?prevalent and debilitating health concern among college students, future efforts should establish the clinical utility of the SAI-CV and development of targeted interventions.
Descriptors: Anxiety, Measures (Individuals), Affective Measures, Undergraduate Students, Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Factor Analysis, Test Anxiety, Fear, Student Evaluation, Self Efficacy, Academic Failure, Peer Relationship, Aggression, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Psychometrics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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