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Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents

(SAS-A)

Research Group
CBPI
Contacts Marina Isabel Vieira Antunes da Cunha José Augusto da Veiga Pinto de Gouveia Maria do Céu Teixeira Salvador Sara Alegre

TITLE OF THE PORTUGUESE VERSION

Escala de Ansiedade Social para Adolescentes (SAS-A)

ORIGINAL VERSION

La Greca & Lopez (1998)

PORTUGUESE VERSION

Cunha, M., Pinto-Gouveia, J., Alegre, S., & Salvador, M. C. (2004).

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

SAS-A assesses adolescents’ social anxiety experiences in the context of peer relations. It is a self-response scale consisting of 22 items, of which 4 are neutral (filler items) not counted in the total quote (2, 7, 11, and 16). Items are rating on a 5-point scale, with a total score ranging from a minimum of 18 to a maximum of 90. In addition to the Total Score, the scale allows obtaining three other results based on the factors that compose it, FNE, SAD-N, and SAD-G.

REFERENCES

  • Cunha, M., Pinto-Gouveia, J., Alegre, S., & Salvador, M. C. (2004). Avaliação da ansiedade na adolescência: A versão portuguesa da SAS-A. Psychologica, 35, 249-263.

  • La Greca, A. M., & Lopez, N. (1998). Social anxiety among adolescents: linkages with peer relations and friendships. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 26(2), 83-94