E-ISSN : 2733-4538
This study was performed co develop the Korean version of Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents and confirm its reliability and validity. Grounded on translations of Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised(LaGreca & Scone, 1993) and Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children(Beidel, Turner, & Morris, 1993), the Korean Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents was constructed and psychometric properties were evaluated. Participants were 753 students(255 in 5th grade, 221 in 7th through 8th grade, and 273 in 10th through 11th grade). The results of a factor analysis indicate that the scale consists of 5 factors: Performance anxiety, Feat of negative evaluation, Avoidance, Fear of new situation or unfamiliar peer, and Nonassertiveness. Internal consistencies for its subscales were ranged .79-.92, and construct validity was good. Both age and gender difference of scores on the Korean Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents were not significant. On the basis of this results, implications and limitations of the instrument were discussed.