Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Oxford agoraphobic avoidance scale in Chinese college students
10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20240513-00223
- VernacularTitle:中文版牛津广场恐怖回避量表在大学生中的信效度检验
- Author:
Meiyi ZHANG
1
;
Tonglin JIN
Author Information
1. 内蒙古师范大学心理学院，呼和浩特 010022
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Chinese version of the Oxford agoraphobic avoidance scale;
College students;
Agoraphobia;
Reliability;
Validity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2025;34(1):78-82
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Oxford agoraphobic avoidance scale (OAAS-C) in Chinese college students.Methods:A total of 1 030 college students were surveyed with OAAS-C, general anxiety disorder-7(GAD-7), the center for epidemiological studies depression scale-10 (CESD-10) and the symptom checklist-90(SCL-90). Sample 1( n=30) was carried out for popularity test. Sample 2( n=503) was carried out for item analysis and exploratory factor analysis. Sample 3( n=497) was carried out for confirmatory factor analysis. Two weeks later, 60 college students who came from sample 2 were asked to retest OAAS-C. SPSS 26.0 and Mplus 8.3 were used for data analysis. Results:According to exploratory factor analysis, the OAAS-C was a single dimension scale included with 8 items, and explained 60.75% of the total variance.The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the single factor model fitted the data well( χ2/ df=1.41, CFI=0.99, TLI=0.98, RMSEA=0.05). The score of OAAS-C was positively correlated with the scores of GAD-7, CESD-10 and the agoraphobic subscale of SCL-90 ( r=0.72, 0.71, 0.87, all P<0.01). In addition, the composite reliability coefficient was 0.91 and average variance extracted coefficient was 0.55.The Cronbach's α coefficient of the OAAS-C was 0.93, the retest reliability coefficients(ICC) was 0.86, and the split-half reliability coefficient was 0.90. Conclusion:OAAS-C has a good reliability and validity in Chinese college students and it can be used as a research tool for agoraphobic study.
