The list of social situation problems: reliability and validity in an adolescent Spanish-speaking sample

Cándido J. Inglés; Francisco X. Méndez; María D. Hidalgo; Susan H. Spence

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The list of social situation problems: reliability and validity in an adolescent Spanish-speaking sample

Cándido J. Inglés^*, Francisco X. Méndez, María D. Hidalgo, Susan H. Spence

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The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Spanish translation of the List of Social Situation Problems (LSSP; S. H. Spence, 1980). The questionnaire was administered to a sample of 388 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18. Exploratory factor analysis identified four factors: Social Anxiety, Adult Oppositional, Assertiveness, and Making Friends, which accounted for 26.64% of the variance. Internal consistency of the total scale was high (α = .86). Correlations between the LSSP and two self-report measures of social anxiety, the Questionnaire about Interpersonal Difficulties for Adolescents (r = .45) and the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (r = .48), were statistically significant. A significant difference was found between LSSP total scores for adolescents with and without social anxiety (d = 1.14), supporting the construct validity of the scale.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	65-74
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022256121105
Publication status	Published - Mar 2003

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Adolescence
Self-report
Social anxiety
Social difficulty
Validation

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