caa a22 4500 606238654 CHVBK 20210128101259.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10862-014-9443-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10862-014-9443-0 Psychometric Evaluation of the Multidimensional Assessment of Social Anxiety Before and After Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder [Elektronische Daten] [Daniel Gros, Antonina Farmer, Randi McCabe, Martin Antony] Due to ongoing criticism of the current diagnostic system, hybrid models of psychopathology, involving the combination of the categorical approach to diagnoses with shared symptom dimensions that are common across various disorders, have received increasing attention in the literature for the depressive and anxiety disorders. One of the few empirically-derived hybrid models was recently developed for social anxiety disorder (SOC) and subsequently led to a self-report measure entitled the Multidimensional Assessment of Social Anxiety (MASA). Although initial support has been provided for the psychometric properties of the MASA, additional research is needed. The present study investigated the internal consistency, convergent and discriminant validity, and sensitivity to detect treatment changes of the MASA scales in 116 participants with SOC that completed the measure at pretreatment and posttreatment during a trial of group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for SOC. The MASA scales demonstrated acceptable sensitivity to detect symptom changes during treatment, convergent validity with related measures of SOC, and internal consistency. In addition, the observed pattern of symptom changes across the MASA scales appeared to be most consistent with the goals/techniques involved in CBT for SOC (e.g., largest improvements in behavioral avoidance; smallest improvements in substance use). Together, these findings provide additional support for psychometric properties of the MASA scales as well as the growing movement towards transdiagnostic assessment and treatment practices. Springer Science+Business Media New York (outside the USA), 2014 Multidimensional Assessment of Social Anxiety nationallicence MASA nationallicence Social anxiety disorder nationallicence Social phobia nationallicence Transdiagnostic nationallicence Hybrid model nationallicence Gros Daniel Mental Health Service 116, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 109 Bee Street, 29401, Charleston, SC, USA aut Farmer Antonina Mental Health Service 116, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 109 Bee Street, 29401, Charleston, SC, USA aut McCabe Randi Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada aut Antony Martin Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada aut Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/1(2015-03-01), 144-152 0882-2689 37:1<144 2015 37 10862 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-014-9443-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-014-9443-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gros Daniel Mental Health Service 116, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 109 Bee Street, 29401, Charleston, SC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Farmer Antonina Mental Health Service 116, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 109 Bee Street, 29401, Charleston, SC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McCabe Randi Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Antony Martin Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/1(2015-03-01), 144-152 0882-2689 37:1<144 2015 37 10862