Anxiety sensitivity in school attending youth : exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the 18-item CASI in a multicultural South African sample
| dc.contributor.author | Martin, Lindi | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Kidd, Martin | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Seedat, Soraya | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T14:07:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T14:07:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-01-07 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Martin, L., Kidd, M. & Seedat, S. 2016. Anxiety sensitivity in school attending youth: exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the 18-item CASI in a multicultural South African sample. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:1996, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01996. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/psychology | |
| dc.description.abstract | ENGLISH SUMMARY : Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is a risk factor for the development of anxiety disorders in youth. To date, the applicability of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI) in youth from a low or middle income country (LMIC) setting on the African continent has not been assessed. A representative sample of 1149 secondary school learners from 29 schools in Cape Town, South Africa, participated in the study. Participants completed the CASI on a single occasion. One-, two-, and four-factor models of the CASI were assessed. A one-factor solution that comprised items predominantly represented by physical concerns appeared to provide the best fit to our data, however, relatively low variance (26%) was explained. Subsequent item deletion resulted in a 9-item ‘physical concerns’ factor that showed good construct reliability (0.83) but also explained a low amount of variance (35%). In terms of gender, a one-factor model provided the best fit, however, low variance was explained (i.e., 25%). Configural, metric and scalar invariance of the CASI by gender was determined. Our results suggest that the 18-item CASI is not applicable to our target population and may require adaptation in this population; however, replication of this study in other multicultural adolescent samples in South Africa is first needed to further assess the validity of the AS construct as measured by the CASI. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01996/full | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 10 pages ; illustrations | |
| dc.identifier.citation | CITATION: Martin, L., Kidd, M. & Seedat, S. 2016. Anxiety sensitivity in school attending youth : exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the 18-item CASI in a multicultural South African sample. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:1996, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01996. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1664-1078 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01996 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/100558 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Frontiers | |
| dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | |
| dc.subject | Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Anxiety sensitivity -- Cape Town (South Africa) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | High school students -- Cape Town (South Africa) | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Anxiety sensitivity in school attending youth : exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the 18-item CASI in a multicultural South African sample | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |