Work

Exploring the latent structure of two cognitive components of social anxiety: taxometric analyses of fears of negative and positive evaluation

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Recent evidence suggests that social anxiety disorder is best characterized as having a dimensional latent structure. METHODS: In this study, we examined the latent structure of two cognitive components of social anxiety, fear of negative evaluation (FNE) and fear of positive evaluation (FPE), in a large undergraduate sample. Two taxometric procedures (MAMBAC, Mean Above Minus Below a Cut and MAXEIG, MAXimum EIGenvalue) were performed with indicator sets drawn from self-report measures of FNE and FPE. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Taxometric analyses, as well as comparison analyses utilizing simulated dimensional and taxonic datasets, yielded converging evidence that both FNE and FPE have a dimensional latent structure.

Source: Depression and Anxiety

DOI: 10.1002/da.20414

Authors: Justin W. Weeks, Peter J. Norton, Richard G. Heimberg

Institutions: Adult Anxiety Clinic of Temple, Temple University, University of Houston

Language: English

Topic: Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1964474985

FWCI: 5.435

Cites: 46

Cited by: 42

Related to: 10