Orenes, Aurora, García-Fernández, José Manuel, Méndez, Xavier
Separation Anxiety Assessment Scale—Parent Version: Spanish Validation (SAAS-P: Spanish Validation)
Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 2019, 50(5): 826-834. doi:10.1007/s10578-019-00885-6
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/97098
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-019-00885-6
ISSN: 0009-398X (Print)
Abstract: 
The objective of this research is to validate the Spanish adaptation of the Separation Anxiety Assessment Scale—Parent Version (SAAS-P). We conducted two studies with parents of schoolchildren aged 8–11 years: (1) exploratory factor analysis: 910 parents completed the Spanish version of the SAAS-P; (2) confirmatory factor analysis, reliability, and discriminant validity: 4127 parents completed the SAAS-P and 392 children were interviewed using the ADIS-IV. We identified four factors which explained 51.56% of the variance and these were confirmed by factor analysis. The internal consistency (α = 0.84) and the temporal stability (r = .75) of the four key symptom dimensions were good. The sensitivity of the scale was 90%, and its specificity, 82%. The additional subscales correlated closely with the four key symptom dimensions (r > .70), and predicted 81% and 57% of the cases with high symptom levels of separation anxiety. The results support the validity, reliability and clinical utility of the Spanish adaptation of the SAAS-P.
Keywords:Separation anxiety, Childhood, Assessment, Parents, Scale, Inventory, Questionnaire
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