Abstract
Background:
Recent evidence suggests that social anxiety disorder is best characterized as having a dimensional latent structure.
Methods:
In this study, we examined the latent structure of two cognitive components of social anxiety, fear ofnegative evaluation(FNE)and fear ofpositive evaluation(FPE), in a large undergraduate sample. Two taxometric procedures(MAMBAC, Mean Above Minus Below a Cut and MAXEIG, MAXimum EIGenvalue)were performed with indicator sets drawn from self-report measures of FNE and FPE.
Results and conclusions:
Taxometric analyses, as well as comparison analyses utilizing simulated dimensional and taxonic datasets, yielded converging evidence that both FNE and FPE have a dimensional latent structure. © 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Recent evidence suggests that social anxiety disorder is best characterized as having a dimensional latent structure.
Methods:
In this study, we examined the latent structure of two cognitive components of social anxiety, fear ofnegative evaluation(FNE)and fear ofpositive evaluation(FPE), in a large undergraduate sample. Two taxometric procedures(MAMBAC, Mean Above Minus Below a Cut and MAXEIG, MAXimum EIGenvalue)were performed with indicator sets drawn from self-report measures of FNE and FPE.
Results and conclusions:
Taxometric analyses, as well as comparison analyses utilizing simulated dimensional and taxonic datasets, yielded converging evidence that both FNE and FPE have a dimensional latent structure. © 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-9 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Depression and Anxiety |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |