Construct validity of the social physique anxiety scale in a french adolescent sample

Citation

Maiano C, Morin AJS, Eklund R, Monthuy-Blanc J, Garbarino J & Stephan Y (2010) Construct validity of the social physique anxiety scale in a french adolescent sample. Journal of Personality Assessment, 92 (1), pp. 53-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223890903381809

Abstract
We conducted a series of studies to investigate the psychometric properties of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale (SPAS; Hart, Leary, & Rejeski, 198926. Hart, E. H., Leary, M. R. and Rejeski, W. J. 1989. The measurement of social physique anxiété. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology., 11: 94-104. View all references) among a total sample of 1,563 nonclinical French adolescents. The, first study provided support for the item content of the preliminary version of the French SPAS for adolescents. Then, the second study supported the convergent validity of the English and French version of the SPAS. Finally, Studies 3 to 6 provided support for the factor validity, measurement invariance (across genders, age groups and samples), latent mean structure invariance (across age category and samples), reliability, convergent validity, and criterion-related validity of a 7-item version of the SPAS.

Journal
Journal of Personality Assessment: Volume 92, Issue 1