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Korean Anxiety Sensitivity Index—Revised: its factor structure, reliability, and validity in clinical and nonclinical samples
Author(s) -
Lim YoungJin,
Yu BumHee,
Kim JiHae
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
depression and anxiety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6394
pISSN - 1091-4269
DOI - 10.1002/da.20210
Subject(s) - discriminant validity , convergent validity , confirmatory factor analysis , psychology , clinical psychology , anxiety sensitivity , exploratory factor analysis , anxiety , panic disorder , reliability (semiconductor) , generalized anxiety disorder , psychometrics , test validity , index (typography) , psychiatry , statistics , structural equation modeling , internal consistency , power (physics) , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , world wide web , computer science
Abstract The factor structure and convergent and discriminant validity of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index—Revised (ASI‐R) were examined in a community sample, a student sample, and patients with panic disorder in Korea. Results from a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) comparing our data to factor solutions commonly reported as representative of European American populations indicated a poor fit. A subsequent exploratory factor analysis (EFA) indicated that a four‐factor solution provided the best fit. Correlations between the ASI‐R and anxiety measures were moderately high, providing evidence of convergent validity. Implications for assessment with Koreans are discussed. Depression and Anxiety 24:331–341, 2007. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.