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A Bifactor Model of Anxiety Sensitivity: Analysis of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 |
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| Authors: | Chad Ebesutani Alison C. McLeish Christina M. Luberto John Young Danielle J. Maack |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Duksung Women’s University, Ssangmun 1-dong, Dobong-gu, Seoul, South Korea, 132-714 2. Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 210376, Cincinnati, OH, 45221-0376, USA 3. Department of Psychology, University of Mississippi, 205 Peabody Building, University, MS, 38677, USA |
| Abstract: | The purpose of the current study was to investigate the fit of a bifactor model of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI-3; Taylor et al. Psychological Assessment, 19, 176–188, 2007) as well as to examine measurement invariance of the ASI-3 across gender. Participants were undergraduate students from the University of Cincinnati (n?=?954; 63 % female). Results indicated that the bifactor model was the best fit to the data, and that this model of AS is fully invariant in terms of gender. The current findings suggest that anxiety sensitivity consists of a general factor and three independent group factors (rather than a higher-order factor with three correlated lower-order factors). The ASI-3 subscales from the bifactor model however did not provide incremental predictive utility above and beyond the general AS factor with respect to an external anxiety criterion. Related research and clinical implications are discussed. |
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