چکیده:
Aim: This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Persian Version of the Beck Anxiety
Inventory (BAI) for adolescents. Materials and Methods: This research examined the validity and
reliability of BAI in North of Iranian normal population. After psychologists had been sufficiently
prepared, they were dispatched to different regions of the Guilan (Guilan Province of Iran), referring
to residential places for boys and girls in the research. At the end, 783 respondents were randomly
recruited and tested using BAI. Two hundred and thirty-two respondents were randomly selected
and re-tested in order to measure test-retest reliability with a 1-week interval time between first and
second tests. To assess validity; we performed a principal component exploratory factor analysis to
explore the factor structure of the BAI and Pearson’s correlation coefficient performed for convergent
validity between the BAI, self-rating anxiety scale, symptom check list-90-R, sexual abuse trauma index
and divergent validity with Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)-II. For data reduction and analysis, the
SPSS 22 and Amos 18 were conducted. Result: Findings showed that the Persian version of BAI
proved an acceptable test-retest reliability (r = 0.67), an internal consistency (α =0.88), convergent
validity (0.40–0.44), and divergent validity (r = 0.216) with BDI-II. We found a clear cut point for our
society and these findings confirmed the confirmatory factor analysis results and suggested that the
factor structure for the BAI-Iranian is valid and stable. The indices were the Chi-square statistics
(χ2 df =547.234), the comparative fit index =0.91), the standardized root-mean-square (0.05), the
root-mean-square error of approximation (0.04), and the Akaike Information Criteria (694) a good
model fit is indicated. Conclusion: The results support the applicability of BAI in adolescents and
suggest the use of this inventory for screening general anxiety by school counselors and psychologists
adolescents and research aims.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Psychometrics properties of the Persian version of Beck Anxiety Inventory in North of Iranian adolescents Mahnaz Fallahi Khesht-Masjedi, Zoharah Omar1, Seyed Mousa Kafi Masoleh2 Department of Psychology, Shafa Hospital Psychiatric Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Scienses, 2Faculty of Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran, 1Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan, Malaysia Address for Correspondence: Dr. Mahnaz Fallahi Khesht‑Masjedi, Guilan University of Medical Scienses, Shafa Hospital Psychiatric Research Center, 15 Khordad Avenue, Rasht, Iran.
To assess validity; we performed a principal component exploratory factor analysis to explore the factor structure of the BAI and Pearson’s correlation coefficient performed for convergent validity between the BAI, self‑rating anxiety scale, symptom check list‑90‑R, sexual abuse trauma index and divergent validity with Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)‑II.
The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) is one of the most frequently used self‑report instruments to assess anxious symptomatology in patients with psychological disorders and in the normal population, both in clinical practice and research.
They also reported that the factor structure of the BAI scale was distinct from that of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) with a moderately high correlation r = 0.
Osman and Augustine tested the factor structure, validity and reliability of the BAI English version in samples of adolescents ranging from 14 to 18 years old.
Therefore, the purpose of this study is to test the factor structure, validity and reliability of the Persian version BAI in samples of Iranian adolescents.