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Portuguese validation of the Adult Separation Anxiety—Questionnaire (ASA-27)

Adult separation anxiety disorder (ASAD) is characterized by developmentally inappropriate and excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from those to whom the individual is attached. Despite the high rates of this diagnosis among Portuguese adults, there is a lack of measures to assess it. In...

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Autores principales: Ruiz-García, Antonio, Jiménez, Óliver, Resurrección, Davinia María, Ferreira, Marco, Reis-Jorge, José, Fenollar-Cortés, Javier
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7946201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33690669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248149
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author Ruiz-García, Antonio
Jiménez, Óliver
Resurrección, Davinia María
Ferreira, Marco
Reis-Jorge, José
Fenollar-Cortés, Javier
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description Adult separation anxiety disorder (ASAD) is characterized by developmentally inappropriate and excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from those to whom the individual is attached. Despite the high rates of this diagnosis among Portuguese adults, there is a lack of measures to assess it. In this study, we assessed the psychometric properties of a Portuguese adaptation of the Adult Separation Anxiety questionnaire (ASA-27) on a sample of 267 adults (72.7% women) aged 18–80 years (M = 40.5, SD = 13.1). Factor structure, internal consistency, and convergence validity were examined. This study confirmed the single-factor structure of the Portuguese version of ASA-27. Consistency was high for the total sample (ω = .92) and by gender (ω = .93 and 92, men and women groups, respectively). The scale was positively related to the Portuguese version of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) (r = .57, p< .001, for both State and trait anxiety scales) and Composite Codependency Scale total score (r = .29, p< .001). In addition, the ASA-27 total score showed incremental validity in the explanation of anxiety measured by STAI. In conclusion, results show that the Portuguese version of the ASA-27 is a reliable and valid measure of ASAD.
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spelling pubmed-79462012021-03-19 Portuguese validation of the Adult Separation Anxiety—Questionnaire (ASA-27) Ruiz-García, Antonio Jiménez, Óliver Resurrección, Davinia María Ferreira, Marco Reis-Jorge, José Fenollar-Cortés, Javier PLoS One Research Article Adult separation anxiety disorder (ASAD) is characterized by developmentally inappropriate and excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from those to whom the individual is attached. Despite the high rates of this diagnosis among Portuguese adults, there is a lack of measures to assess it. In this study, we assessed the psychometric properties of a Portuguese adaptation of the Adult Separation Anxiety questionnaire (ASA-27) on a sample of 267 adults (72.7% women) aged 18–80 years (M = 40.5, SD = 13.1). Factor structure, internal consistency, and convergence validity were examined. This study confirmed the single-factor structure of the Portuguese version of ASA-27. Consistency was high for the total sample (ω = .92) and by gender (ω = .93 and 92, men and women groups, respectively). The scale was positively related to the Portuguese version of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) (r = .57, p< .001, for both State and trait anxiety scales) and Composite Codependency Scale total score (r = .29, p< .001). In addition, the ASA-27 total score showed incremental validity in the explanation of anxiety measured by STAI. In conclusion, results show that the Portuguese version of the ASA-27 is a reliable and valid measure of ASAD. Public Library of Science 2021-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7946201/ /pubmed/33690669 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248149 Text en © 2021 Ruiz-García et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7946201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33690669
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