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Psychometric Properties of a Spanish Version of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) in General Population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2014

Inés Magán ,
Jesús Sanz  and
María Paz García-Vera
Inés Magán
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
Jesús Sanz*
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
María Paz García-Vera
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
*
Correspondence concerning this article can be addressed to Jesús Sanz, Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Psicología Clínica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223 Madrid. E-mail: jsanz@psi.ucm.es
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Abstract

This is the first study that provides normative, reliability, factor validity and discriminant validity data of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI; Beck, Epstein, Brown, & Steer, 1988) in the Spanish general population. Sanz and Navarro's (2003) Spanish version of the BAI was administered to 249 adults. Factor analyses suggested that the BAI taps a general anxiety dimension comprising two related factors (somatic and affective-cognitive symptoms), but these factors hardly explained any additional variance and, therefore, little information is lost in considering only full-scale scores. Internal consistency estimate for the BAI was high (α = .93). The BAI was correlated .63 with the BDI-II and .32 with the Trait-Anger scale of the STAXI 2, but a factor analysis of their items revealed three factors, suggesting that the correlations between the instruments may be better accounted for by relationships between anxiety, depression, and anger, than by problems of discriminant validity. The mean BAI total score and the distribution of BAI scores were similar to those found in other countries. BAI norm scores for the community sample were provided from the total sample and from the male and female subsamples, as females scored higher than males. The utility of these scores for assessing clinical significance of treatment outcomes for anxiety is discussed.

Se presentan por primera vez datos normativos, de fiabilidad, validez factorial y validez discriminante del Inventario de Ansiedad de Beck (BAI; Beck, Epstein, Brown y Steer, 1988) en la población general española. La versión española del BAI de Sanz y Navarro (2003) fue administrada a 249 adultos. Los análisis factoriales indicaron que el BAI mide una dimensión general de ansiedad compuesta de dos factores relacionados (somático y afectivo cognitivo), pero estos factores apenas explicaban varianza adicional por lo que no se pierde mucha información al considerar únicamente la puntuación global. La fiabilidad de consistencia interna del BAI fue elevada (alfa = 0,93). El BAI correlacionó 0,63 con el BDI-II y 0,32 con la escala de Ira Rasgo del STAXI 2, pero el análisis factorial de los tres instrumentos reveló que sus ítems formaban tres factores, sugiriendo que las correlaciones entre instrumentos se deben más a la relación entre ansiedad, depresión e ira que a un problema de validez discriminante. La puntuación media en el BAI y la distribución de sus puntuaciones fueron similares a las encontradas en otros países. Se ofrecen baremos para la muestra total y dividida por el sexo, ya que las mujeres puntuaron más alto que los varones, y se discute su utilidad para evaluar la significación clínica de los resultados de los tratamientos para la ansiedad.

Keywords

anxietyBAIreliabilityvaliditynormsansiedadBAIfiabilidadvalideznormas
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , November 2008 , pp. 626 - 640
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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