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Disability Profile/Clinician-Rated: Validity for Brazilian University Students with Social Anxiety Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2013

Luciene Vaccaro de Morais Abumusse ,
Flávia L. Osório ,
José Alexandre S. Crippa  and
Sonia Regina Loureiro
Luciene Vaccaro de Morais Abumusse
Affiliation:
University of São Paulo (Brazil)
Flávia L. Osório*
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Medicina Translacional (Brazil)
José Alexandre S. Crippa
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Medicina Translacional (Brazil)
Sonia Regina Loureiro
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Medicina Translacional (Brazil)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Flávia de Lima Osório. Hospital das Clínicas. Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, 3° andar. Ribeirão Preto (Brazil). CEP: 14048-900. Phone: +55-1636022201/36022703. Fax: +55-1636022544. E-mail: flaliosorio@ig.com.br
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Abstract

Functional impairment scales are important to assess Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) patients. The present study aims to evaluate the reliability, internal consistency, validity and factorial structure of the Disability Profile/Clinician-Rate (DP) scale, as well as to present an interview-guide to support its application by clinicians. University students (n = 173) of both genders participated in the study (SAD = 84 and Non-SAD = 89), with ages ranging between 17 and 35 years, systematically diagnosed. The SAD group presented more difficulties when compared to the Non-SAD group. The DP presented, for the SAD group, internal consistency of 0.68 (lifetime) and 0.67 (last two weeks). Inter-rater reliability varied from 0.75 to 0.93. Two factors were extracted and the correlation among such factors and the Social Phobia Inventory subscales presented association between fear and avoidance symptoms and the functional impairments. The scale presents good psychometric properties and can contribute to the assessment of functional impairments.

Keywords

social anxietyfunctional impairmentsocial phobia
Type
Research Article
Information
The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 16 , 2013 , E48
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2013 

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Footnotes

SRL and JASC are recipients of CNPq Productivity Awards.

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