摘要：The aim of the present study evaluate psychometric properties of the Social Appearance Anxiety
Scale for Adolescents (SAAS-A) in Turkish sample. The psychometric properties of SAAS-A were examined
ona sample of 453 (235 girls, 218 boys) adolescents between 12-15 years of age. In order to determine the
construct validity of SAAS-A, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted. The factor analysis
resulted in factors. Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) was used for the criterion validity. It was
found positive and high correlations between SAAS-A and SAS-A. The Cronbach’s alpha for the SAAS-A was
.91 and the computed test re-test reliability coefficient was .80. These findings demonstrate that the validity and
the reliability of SAAS-A were satisfactory for the Turkish elementary school sample.
