Psychometric Properties of the Gaze Anxiety Rating Scale: Convergent, Discriminant, and Factorial Validity

被引：4

作者：

Langer, Julia K. ^{[1
]}

Rodebaugh, Thomas L. ^{[1
,2
]}

Menatti, Andrew R. ^{[2
]}

Weeks, Justin W. ^{[2
]}

Schneier, Franklin R. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Washington Univ, Dept Psychol, St Louis, MO 63130 USA

[2] Ohio Univ, Dept Psychol, Athens, OH 45701 USA

[3] Columbia Univ, Med Ctr, New York, NY USA

来源：

COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY | 2014年 / 43卷 / 01期

关键词：

social anxiety; Gaze Anxiety Rating Scale; eye contact; factor analysis; dominance; SOCIAL PHOBIA SCALE; POSITIVE EVALUATION SCALE; FACE-TO-FACE; 5-FACTOR MODEL; FIT INDEXES; BRIEF-FEAR; PERSONALITY; VALIDATION; DISORDERS; UTILITY;

D O I：

10.1080/16506073.2013.804116

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Fear and avoidance of gaze are two features thought to be associated with problematic social anxiety. Avoidance of eye contact has been linked with such undesirable traits as deceptiveness, insincerity, and lower self-esteem. The Gaze Anxiety Rating Scale (GARS) is a self-report measure designed to assess gaze anxiety and avoidance, but its psychometric properties have only been assessed in one preliminary study. We further investigated psychometric properties of the GARS by assessing convergent and factorial validity. We obtained a two-factor solution: gaze anxiety and avoidance across situations (1) in general (GARS-General) and (2) related to dominance communication (GARS-Dominance). The GARS-General factor related more strongly to social anxiety than the GARS-Dominance, and convergent validity of the factors was supported by expected relationships with personality and social anxiety variables. Our results indicate that the GARS subscales are psychometrically valid measures of gaze aversion, supporting their use in future study of the relationship between social anxiety and eye contact behavior.

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页码：49 / 59

页数：11

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