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. 2016 Sep 22;6(3):351–357. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v6.i3.351

Table 3.

Convergent and discriminant validity of scales and measures

LSAS anxiety subscale LSAS avoidance subscale PAF written PAF oral TAC written TAC oral TAB written TAB oral
Oral PAF 0.379d 0.304d 0.663d 1 0.625d 0.806d 0.332d 0.442d
Written PAF 0.223b 0.167 1 0.663d 0.770d 0.650d 0.467d 0.236b
SPK 0.673d 0.592d 0.283d 0.453d 0.425d 0.562d NE NE
SPV 0.701d 0.678d 0.425d 0.524d NE NE 0.301d 0.412d
CDS-9 frequency subscale social 0.338d 0.320d 0.323d 0.311d NE NE NE
CDS-9 frequency subscale written 0.274d 0.306d 0.398d 0.383d NE NE NE NE
CDS-9 frequency subscale oral 0.390d 0.341d 0.337d 0.488d NE NE NE NE
Tremor social 0.322d 0.352d 0.258b 0.223b NE NE NE NE
Sweating social 0.351d 0.298d 0.200 0.311d NE NE NE NE
Blushing social 0.242b 0.115 0.218b 0.278d NE NE NE NE
Palpitation social 0.379d 0.351d 0.206b 0.313d NE NE NE NE
Tremor written 0.294d 0.141 0.640d 0.452d NE NE NE NE
Sweating written 0.096 0.028 0.484d 0.361d NE NE NE NE
Blushing written -0.099 -0.094 0.137 0.201b NE NE NE NE
Palpitation written 0.168 0.050 0.657d 0.488d NE NE NE NE
Tremor oral 0.289d 0.151 0.488d 0.608d NE NE NE NE
Sweating oral 0.182 0.048 0.291d 0.434d NE NE NE NE
Blushing oral 0.120 -0.060 0.189 0.332d NE NE NE NE
Palpitation oral 0.172 0.054 0.499d 0.612d NE NE NE NE

Pearson‘s correlation coefficient

b

P < 0.005, two-tailed

d

P < 0.001, two-tailed. NE: Not estimated; CSD-9: Cambridge Depersonalisation Scale-9 items; LSAS: Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale;PAF: Prüfungsangstfragebogen. SPK Fragebogen zu sozialphobischen Kognitionen; SPV Fragebogen zu sozialphobischem Verhalten.