Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire

Subject Areas : روان‌سنجی

maryam bakhtiari ¹ , meysam bazani ² , amir mehdi katani ³ , nasrin safarlo ⁴ , amirsam kiani moghadam ⁵ , amin sohrabzade fard ⁶ , ali kheradmand ⁷

1 - Associate Professor of Clinical psychology, Department of Clinical psychology, Taleghani Hospital Research Development committee, school of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 - PhD Student of Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical psychology, Taleghani Hospital Research Development committee, school of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
3 - . PhD Student of Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical psychology, school of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 - MSc in Clinical Psychology, school of Medicine, Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
5 - Assistant professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical psychology, school of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,
6 - PhD Student of Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical psychology, Taleghani Hospital Research Development committee, school of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
7 - Associate professor of psychiatry, Taleghani Hospital Research Development committee, Medical school, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2022-12-29 Accepted : 2023-07-25

Keywords: psychometric properties, questionnaire, , separation anxiety, , adult,

Abstract :

Abstract The aim of present study was to investigate the psychometric properties of Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire. Subjects had not yet received a diagnosis at the time of completing the questionnaire. In this study, 293 referrals to the psychiatric clinic of Taleghani Hospital in Tehran were selected by convenience sampling method. Evaluation of the individuals was performed using Structured-Clinical Interview for Separation Anxiety Symptoms (SCI-SAS), Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire (ASA-27) and brief form of Psychological Symptoms Checklist (SCL-25). Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential indicators in SPSS-20, AMOS-21 and R-4.0.3. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the one-factor structure of the questionnaire. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were adequate. The correlation coefficients of the score of this questionnaire with the structured clinical interview and the checklist of psychological symptoms indicated a good convergent validity for the questionnaire. The correlation coefficients were 0.52, 0.63, and 0.55 for SCI-SAS, and SCL-25, respectively. Also, a score of 33 with sensitivity of 95.5 and specificity of 84.2 was showed as the best cut off score. The findings of the present study show that the Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire has good psychometric properties and can be used as a valid tool for clinical and research purposes.