Adolescent Self-Reports of Social Anxiety: Can They Disagree with Objective Psychophysiological Measures and Still Be Valid?

作者：De Los Reyes Andres^*; Aldao Amelia; Thomas Sarah A; Daruwala Samantha; Swan Anna J; Van Wie Michael; Goepel Katherine; Lechner William V

来源：Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 2012, 34(3): 308-322.

DOI：10.1007/s10862-012-9289-2

• Correspondence
• Disagreement
• Informant discrepancies
• Multiple informants
• Social anxiety

We examined self-reported and parent-reported adolescent social anxiety symptoms and objective baseline measures of psychophysiological flexibility in 62 families. Measures completed by 31 adolescents referred for a clinical screening evaluation for social anxiety were compared to an age- and gender-matched community control sample of 31 adolescents (total sample: age range 14 to 17 years; 22 boys and 40 girls; M = 15.32 years; SD = 1.1). Clinic referred adolescents reported significantly fewer social anxiety symptoms than parents reported about adolescents. Further, for all adolescents, self-reported social anxiety symptoms exhibited low correspondence with objective psychophysiological measures. Yet, both measures uniquely discriminated between adolescents on whether they were clinic referred for a social anxiety screening. Further, adolescent self-reported social anxiety symptoms exhibited high levels of internal consistency and convergent validity. Findings indicate that researchers and practitioners should refrain from using disagreements between adolescent self-reports and other measures (e.g., parent report, objective measures) as indicators of the veracity of adolescent self-reports.

• 出版日期2012-9