Abstract

DIAZ KUAIK, Iliana  and  DE LA IGLESIA, Guadalupe. Preliminar construction of a multidimensional scale to assess clinical symptoms of anxiety. Evidences of content and face validity. Rev. psicodebate: psicol. cult. soc. [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.1, pp.71-100. ISSN 24516600.

The measurement of anxiety should contemplate its multidimensionality The instruments of local use present limitations related to Incomplete approach to the dimensions of the construct, the content of its items, the capacity to discriminate the anxious symptoms of the depressives and the outdatedness with respect to the most current diagnoses. An instrument that takes into account the multidimensional conceptualization of anxiety and diagnostic criteria for anxiety disorder according to the latest version of the Diagnostic and Treatment Manual (DSM-5, American Psychiatric Association, 2013) may respond to the limitations of its predecessors. The construction of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale (EMA) aims to respond to this vacancy and constitute an instrument with good psychometric properties intended for the multidimensional evaluation of anxious symptomatology in the adult population. The present article describes the procedure carried out in the first stage of scale construction: item design, expert judgement and pilot study. The wording of the slogan was modified, as well as the format of response and the writing of some reagents. The index of agreement among judges indicated that 18 items had little inter-agreement about membership in the assessed dimension.

Keywords : anxiety; evaluation; multidimensional; validity; expert judgment; pilot test.

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