School Anxiety Inventory–Short Version

Abstract

This study examined the factorial invariance and latent mean differences of the School Anxiety Inventory–Short Version across gender and age groups for 2,367 Spanish students, ranging in age from 12 to 18 years. Configural and measurement invariance were found across gender and age samples for all dimensions of the School Anxiety Inventory–Short Version.

• adolescence
• factorial invariance
• inventory
• measurement invariance
• school anxiety

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/orPUBLICation of this article.

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Candido J. Ingles

Cándido J. Inglés holds a PhD in Psychology and is a Tenured Lecturer of Educational Psychology in Department of Health Psychology of the University Miguel Hernández of Elche, Spain.

Jose M. Garcia-Fernandez

José M. García-Fernández holds a PhD in Psychology and is a Tenured University Lecturer of Educational Psychology in the Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics of the University of Alicante, Spain.

Juan C. Marzo

Juan C. Marzo holds a PhD in Psychology and is a Tenured Lecturer of Social Psychology in Department of Health Psychology of the University Miguel Hernández of Elche, Spain.

Maria C. Martinez-Monteagudo

María C. Martínez-Monteagudo holds a PhD in Psychology and is a Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology in the Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics of the University of Alicante, Spain.

Estefania Estevez

Estefania Estévez holds a PhD in Psychology and is a Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology in Department of Health Psychology of the University Miguel Hernández of Elche, Spain.