Psychometric properties of the gaze anxiety rating scale: convergent, discriminant, and factorial validity.
Psychometric properties of the gaze anxiety rating scale: convergent, discriminant, and factorial validity.
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凝视焦虑评定量表的心理测量特性：收敛效度、判别效度和阶乘效度。
DOI：
10.1080/16506073.2013.804116
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Schneier,FranklinR
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作者：
Langer,JuliaK;Rodebaugh,ThomasL;Menatti,AndrewR;Weeks,JustinW;Schneier,FranklinR
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 todominance 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.
