Table 3 Results of item parameters, item information, item fit, and DIF detection of original ASI-3 items via MGRM.

From: Development and validation of two shortened anxiety sensitive index-3 scales based on item response theory

Item

a1

a2

a3

b1

b2

b3

b4

p.S-χ2

R2

info

Per

3

1.35

  

−1.27

0.25

1.43

2.83

0.030

0.012

0.53 (6)

6.90%

4

1.71

  

−0.57

0.65

1.44

2.53

−0.57

0.014

0.78 (5)

10.30%

7a,b

2.52

  

−0.47

0.42

1.13

2.04

−0.47

0.012

1.59 (2)

20.90%

8a,b

2.86

  

0.01

0.70

1.24

2.07

0.01

0.015

1.73 (1)

22.80%

12a

2.51

  

−0.05

0.75

1.33

2.14

−0.05

0.015

1.41 (4)

18.60%

15a

2.97

  

0.31

1.18

1.70

2.67

0.31

0.019

1.54 (3)

20.30%

1

 

0.75

 

−4.98

−2.31

0.09

2.40

−4.98

0.037

0.16 (6)

2.90%

6a

 

1.80

 

−1.65

−0.50

0.45

1.71

−1.65

0.013

0.93 (4)

17.10%

9a,b

 

2.12

 

−1.20

−0.10

0.77

1.93

−1.20

0.011

1.25 (2)

22.90%

11a

 

1.91

 

−0.68

0.32

1.14

2.21

−0.68

0.015

0.99 (3)

18.20%

13a,b

 

2.49

 

−0.63

0.17

0.90

1.90

−0.63

0.013

1.62 (1)

29.70%

17

 

1.30

 

−0.87

0.00

0.82

2.03

−0.87

0.013

0.50 (5)

9.10%

2

  

1.39

−0.74

0.81

1.87

2.98

−0.74

0.015

0.53 (5)

8.90%

5

  

1.08

−2.05

−0.22

1.23

2.82

−2.05

0.015

0.35 (6)

58.80%

10a

  

2.01

−0.36

0.57

1.21

2.07

−0.36

0.013

1.05 (4)

17.60%

14a,b

  

2.64

0.16

1.27

2.00

2.60

0.16

0.014

1.31 (2)

22.00%

16a

  

2.23

−0.35

0.51

1.32

2.42

−0.35

0.013

1.25 (3)

21.00%

18a,b

  

2.63

0.05

0.87

1.50

2.23

0.05

0.015

1.46 (1)

24.50%

  1. Results obtained from the development sample.
  2. a item discrimination, b item step-difficulty, p.S-χ2 p-value of item fit, R2 pseudo R-squared criterion, info average item information across all participants’ latent trait estimates (ranking of the information in the sub-dimension in parenthesis), Per Percentage of the information provided by the item relative to the total information in its sub-dimension.
  3. aItems are retained in SASI-12.
  4. bItems are retained in SASI-6.