Construção e validação da SADEE (social anxiety disorder exposure and evaluation scale)

Abstract

Introduction:The general objective is the construction and validation of SADEE. Method: Exploratory research with virtual collection. Inclusion criteria: Brazilian, 18 years, full elementary school. Exclusion Criteria: SADEE incomplete. These items were analyzed: Construct validity through AFE and AFC; concurrent validity through correlations with the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale; internal consistency through Omega and test-retest; study of items through Item Response Theory. Results: sample with 407 sample-eligible participants. The coefficient of content validity (0.88) indicated good overall quality; nine items had content validity index below the recommended level. In the construct validity parallel analysis points to the retention of three dimensions; however, indicating sufficiency of retention only in the first factor. The validity of concurrent criteria with the social phobia scale of Liebowitz presented positive results. Of the 60 items, only 5 presented global adjustment with significant chi- square for the analysis by TRI. The set of items was maintained in order to understand if there are problems beyond the overall adjustment. The expectation functions of the item scores and the test presented adequate format, as well as the item characteristic curves. SADEE presented items with a satisfactory level of discrimination, as well as information functions that attest to the good sensitivity of the items to the latent trait. Conclusions: Adequate sample, with strong evidence of reliability and validity of 12 concurrent criterion, but with content validity lower than expected. It was signaled adequacy of the items.