Assessing differential item functioning for the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale: a Scleroderma atient-centred Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort Study

Assessing differential item functioning for the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale: a Scleroderma atient-centred Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort Study

Objectives The Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS) is a 16-item questionnaire developed to evaluate fear of appearance-based evaluation by others. The primary objective of this research was to investigate the existence of differential item functioning (DIF) for the 16 SAAS items, comparing patien...

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Main Authors: Paul R Fortin, Elana J Bernstein, Sophia J Sommer, Shirley Haslam Geneviève Guillot, Tatiana Sofia Rodriguez Reyna, Sabrina Hoa, Angelica Bourgeault, Andrea Carboni Jiménez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/10/e037639.full

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