Facets of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index Among Serbian Youth Article

Stevanovic, DS, Silverman, WK, Nichols-Lopez, KA et al. (2013). Facets of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index Among Serbian Youth . COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY, 42(4), 342-346. 10.1080/16506073.2013.773060

cited authors

  • Stevanovic, DS; Silverman, WK; Nichols-Lopez, KA; Popovic-Deusic, SD; Pejovic-Milovancevic, MM

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abstract

  • Data from factor analytic studies using the Child Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI) suggest that global anxiety sensitivity (AS) is best represented by three or four underlying factors or facets. The aim of this study was to identify facets best representing the CASI structure in its Serbian version. Confirmatory factor analysis was used on data collected from 456 non-referred children in Serbia. A 13-item version of the CASI provided a better fit to the data than the original 18-item version. The four-factor model of the CASI-13 with disease, unsteady, mental incapacitation, and social concerns facets provided the best fits for the data and it was found to be fully invariant (configural, metric, and scalar invariance) across gender and age. Among Serbian children, hierarchical structure was found for a 13-item CASI version with a single higher-order factor of global AS represented by four underlying facets. Future research will consider these AS facets and their role in the development, maintenance, and exacerbation of anxiety symptoms in children. © 2013 Swedish Association for Behaviour Therapy.

publication date

  • December 1, 2013

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start page

  • 342

end page

  • 346

volume

  • 42

issue

  • 4