Subscale structure and stability of the Hansburg Adolescent Separation Anxiety Test

This study examined four issues related to the Hansburg (1980a, 1980b) Adolescent Separation Anxiety Test: (1) How closely is Hansburg's original matrix of theoretical factor intercorrelations replicated in the present samples? (2) How closely do factors derived from empirical analyses of SAT data obtained twice over a 2-year period resemble the composition of Hansburg's theoretically based factors? (3) How reliable are SAT scales over this 2-year time interval as assessed by test-retest coefficients? (4) How stable are factors derived from the empirical analysis over time? A total of 74 late adolescents were given Hansburg's SAT in 1984 and 1986. Results indicate moderate correlations for SAT scales over time. There is little comparability between empirically and theoretically derived factors, nor is there stability of empirical factors over time. Research with larger samples is necessary to clarify the empircal factor structure of the SAT.