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https://doi.org/10.20471/dec.2025.61.03.05

Psychometric Properties and Factor Structure of the Colombian Version of the Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI)

Paola García-Roncallo ; Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la Costa, Barranquilla, Colombia *
Norman López ; Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago, Chile
Janivys Niebles-Charris ; Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la Costa, Barranquilla, Colombia
José Pedro Espada ; Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain
Eileen García-Montaño ; Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la Costa, Barranquilla, Colombia
Mayra Gómez-Lugo ; SexLab KL, School of Psychology, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogotá, Colombia
Nicole Caldichoury ; Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile
Alexandra Morales ; Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain
Breiner Morales-Asencio ; Consorcio Latinoamericano de investigación (CLATI), Temuco, Chile
Daniela Ripoll-Córdoba ; Consorcio Latinoamericano de investigación (CLATI), Temuco, Chile
Daniela Abello-Luque ; Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
Juancarlos Coronado ; Carrera Kinesiología, Departamento de Procesos Terapéuticos, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile
José Vicente Lafuente ; Laboratorio de Neurociencias Clínicas y Experimentales. Facultad de Medicina y Enfermería, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain
César Quispe-Ayala ; Universidad Nacional de Huancavelica, Paturpampa, Perú
Pascual Ángel Gargiulo ; Laboratorio de Neurociencias y Psicología Experimental, Academia de Ciencias de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia; Fundación Corporación Tecnológica Latinoamericana, Soledad, Colombia; Área de Farmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCuyo), Mendoza, Argentina; Cátedra de Psicopatología, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Católica Argentina, Mendoza, Argentina

* Dopisni autor.

Sažetak

Aim: The SHAI is a well-established, brief, valid, and reliable self-report measure of health anxiety (HA) widely used worldwide in medical and non-medical contexts. Subjects and methods: The psychometric properties, internal consistency, and fit indices of the scale’s structure were examined in 867 Colombian adolescents (458 women and 409 men; M = 15.97; SD = 1.37). Results: The high reliability for SHAI was confirmed. Three models were tested, and the best-fitting model was the original two-factor structure (Fear of Illness and Negative Consequences of an Illness). Fit indices supported the two-factor model with a Comparative Fit Index (CFI) = 0.961 and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) = 0.047 (90 % CI: .041–0.052). The total reliability of the scale was α = 0.82, which can be considered significant and high, with reports of α = 0.80 and α = 0.68 for the factors of Fear of Disease and Negative Consequences of Disease, respectively. While reliability was excellent, the model’s fit was also adequate and consistent with the original structure. Conclusion: The Colombian version of the SHAI is a valid and reliable tool for assessing health anxiety in clinical practice and the research field.

Ključne riječi

Adolescent; assessment; health anxiety; hypochondria; SHAI; reliability

Hrčak ID:

343511

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/343511

Datum izdavanja:

16.12.2025.

Posjeta: 421 *