Testing Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Gender With Italian Geriatric Anxiety Scale

Frontiers in Psychology
Laura PicconiBeth Fairfield

Abstract

Late-life anxiety is an increasingly relevant psychiatric condition that often goes unnoticed and/or untreated compared to anxiety in younger populations. Consequently, assessing the presence and severity of clinical anxiety in older adults an important challenge for researchers and clinicians alike. The Geriatric Anxiety Scale is a 30-item geriatric-specific measure of anxiety severity, grouped in three subscales (Somatic, Affective, and Cognitive), with solid evidence for the reliability and validity of its scores in clinical and community samples. Translated into several languages, it has been proven to have strong psychometric properties. In Italy only one recent preliminarily investigative study has appeared on its psychometric properties. However, sample data was largely collected from one specific Italian region (Lombardy) alone. Here, our aim in testing the items of the GAS in a sample of 346 healthy subjects (50% females; 52% from Southern Italy), with mean age of 71.74 years, was 2-fold. First, we aimed to determine factor structure in a wider sample of Italian participants. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the GAS fits an originally postulated three-factor structure reasonably well. Second, results support ge...Continue Reading

References

Nov 1, 1971·Psychosomatics·W W Zung
Oct 1, 1984·Psychological Reports·G Magni, D De Leo
Jan 5, 2000·The American Journal of Psychiatry·A T BeekmanW van Tilburg
Jun 23, 2000·Journal of Anxiety Disorders·J N KoganD R McKee
Aug 29, 2003·Harvard Review of Psychiatry·Fahad Alwahhabi
Jun 30, 2006·International Psychogeriatrics·Nancy A PachanaElizabeth Arnold
Mar 28, 2007·Psychology and Aging·Catherine R AyersJulie Loebach Wetherell
May 5, 2007·Quality of Life Research : an International Journal of Quality of Life Aspects of Treatment, Care and Rehabilitation·Steven P ReiseRon D Hays
Dec 13, 2007·Aging & Mental Health·R E DennisN J Funnell
Jun 17, 2008·Clinical Psychology Review·Paul J SeignourelMelinda Stanley
Sep 2, 2008·International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry·Luca RozziniAlessandro Padovani
Aug 25, 2009·The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry : Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry·Amber M GumRobert Kohn
Jan 26, 2010·Depression and Anxiety·Kate B Wolitzky-TaylorMichelle G Craske
Apr 16, 2010·Perceptual and Motor Skills·Michela BalsamoAristide Saggino
Jul 20, 2010·Psychometrika·Albert Satorra, Peter M Bentler
Mar 29, 2011·Journal of Psychiatric Research·Carmen P McLeanStefan G Hofmann
Aug 16, 2011·Aging & Mental Health·Zoé Therrien, John Hunsley
Nov 19, 2011·Anxiety, Stress, and Coping·Nicholas T Van DamMartin M Antony
Jul 12, 2012·Psychological Medicine·A J BaxterH A Whiteford
Jul 24, 2013·Depression Research and Treatment·Marco InnamoratiMichela Balsamo
Feb 11, 2014·Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment·Michela BalsamoAristide Saggino
May 23, 2014·British Journal of Psychology·Thomas J DunnVivienne Brunsden
Jun 19, 2014·Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment·Michela Balsamo, Aristide Saggino
Aug 27, 2014·Journal of Personality Assessment·Michela BalsamoAristide Saggino
Apr 14, 2018·Frontiers in Psychology·Anna ContardiMarco Innamorati
Apr 20, 2018·Clinical Interventions in Aging·Michela BalsamoBeth Fairfield

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Software Mentioned

EQS
SPSS

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.