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E-ISSN : 2733-4538
With the recent emphasis on cognition in psychopathology, there is an increased need for the assessment of cognitive contents in the study and treatment of social anxiety. In this context, the present study is purported to construct the Korean version of Social Interaction Self-Statement Test(K-SISST) and to examine its reliability and validity. SISST was translated into Korean, and several self-report inventories including K-SISST were administered to 278 college students. The results show that K-SISST is highly reliable in terms of internal consistency, split-half reliability, and test-retest reliability, and that it has good concurrent validity. Total score, two subscale scores, and most individual items of K-SISST have excellent ability to discriminate between social anxiety-high and social anxiety-low groups, and it is highly likely to assess thought contents specific to social anxiety and directly unrelated to the level of depresson; therefore, these support good discriminat validity of K-SISST. Factor analysis reveals that K-SISST has five factors labeled 'Fear of Negative Evaluation', 'Self-Efficacy of Social Exchange', 'Anticipation of Positive Consequences', 'Expectation of Failure and Desire for Avoidance', and 'Rational Coping'. In conclusion, K-SISST appears to be a highly reliable, valid measure to assess cognitive contents of social anxiety.