Journal of Depression and Anxiety
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School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia

Biography

Nicola Schutte is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia. Her research interests lie in the areas of positive psychology, with an emphasis on emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, and the effects of positive affect. She has co-authored several books and over 80 chapters and research articles.

Publications

• Research   
  Structure, Validity and Cut-Off Scores for the APA Emerging Measure of DSM-5 Social Anxiety Disorder Severity Scale (SAD-D)
  Author(s): Kylie Rice*, Nicola S Schutte, Adam J Rock and Clara V Murray
  
  The APA emerging measure the Social Anxiety Disorder Severity Scale (SAD-D) is recognized as the only social anxiety scale that is based on the DSM-5 criteria. This scale also addresses the limitations of other social anxiety measures as it is dimensional, time efficient and assesses a broad range of symptoms. However, research in community samples is needed, and no research to date has investigated the use of the SAD-D in an Australian sample. As such, this study examined the factor structure and validity of the SAD-D in an Australian non-clinical sample (N=999), and provides criterion cut off scores. The results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the scale assesses a unidimensional construct of social anxiety severity. Post-hoc analyses also suggested that the 10-item SAD-D scale could be shortened to a six-item scale. Both the original SAD-D-10 scale and.. View More»
  

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