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Spanish validation of the Spence Preschool Anxiety Scale
Author(s) -
Orgilés Mireia,
Penosa Patricia,
FernándezMartínez Iván,
Marzo Juan C.,
Espada José P.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/cch.12593
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , anxiety , psychology , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , internal consistency , convergent validity , quality of life (healthcare) , psychometrics , developmental psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , physics , quantum mechanics
Background The Preschool Anxiety Scale (PAS) is a 28‐item measure designed to assess anxiety symptoms in preschoolers aged 31 to 83 months. Methods The present study aims to extend the literature by examining the psychometric properties and factorial structure of the PAS in a Spanish community sample of 274 preschoolers aged 3 to 7 years. Results Factor analysis confirmed the five‐factor original model after removing eight items, suggesting a shorter 20‐item version for the Spanish preschoolers. The scale demonstrated to have good internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.84). Moderate but significant correlations with a measure of health‐related quality of life supported the convergent validity of the PAS. Conclusions The Spanish version of the PAS demonstrated to have good psychometric properties, providing these results initial support to its use for assessing a broad range of anxiety symptoms in Spanish‐speaking preschoolers.