Validity and reliability of social avoidance and distress scale (in Chinese version) in Mongolian college students
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2014.06.026
- VernacularTitle:社交回避及苦恼量表在蒙古族大学生中应用的信效度
- Author:
Yongzhi JIANG
;
Xiaoli BAI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Social avoidance and distress scale;
Mongolian;
Reliability;
Validity;
Psychological measurement
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2014;23(6):563-565
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the validity and reliability of social avoidance and distress scale (SAD) for conforming it' s applicability in Mongolian college students.Methods Social avoidance and distress scale (SAD)security scale (SQ),self-esteem scale (SES) and life satisfaction scale (AULC) was used to measure 399 undergraduates whose can understand Mongolian and Chinese language.Results The total scale reliability was 0.872,avoidance scale was 0.726,distress scale was 0.742,total scale heavy reliability (r) was 0.86,avoidance scale (r) was 0.789,distress scale (r) was 0.814.(2)the confirmatory factor analysis verified the effectiveness of the structure,the revised model fitting index x2/df=4.864,NFI =0.92,TLI =0.90,GFI =0.90,IFI =0.87,GFI =0.92,AGFI =0.93,RMSEA =0.06,model fitting was better.(3) There was a significant positive correlation between avoidance scale and distress scale (r=0.634,P＜0.01),and there was a negative correlation (r=0.202-0.499,P＜0.01) between avoidance scale and SES,SQ and AULC.There was a negative correlation between distress scale and SES,SQ and AULC (r=0.192-0.556,P＜0.01).Conclusion SAD (Chinese version) has a good reliability and validity in Mongolian college students.
