The Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory: Reliability and validity in an adolescent Spanish population

The objective of this study is to examine the factor structure and psychome tric properties of the SPAI in a sample of adolescent Spaniards. The result s obtained support the use of the correlated two-factor SPAI subscales and indicate high coefficient alpha values for the SPAI subscales. The results provide support for the use of the SPAI in an adolescent population in a no n-English-speaking country. Both exploratory and confirmatory, factor analy ses of the Social Phobia subscale showed a four-factor structure, instead o f a five-factor dimension, as suggested by previous studies. Effects for ge nder and age and gender interaction were found. Limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed.