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Reliability, validity, and normative data of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire in 8-12-yr-old children

Muris, Peter, Meesters, Cor, Gobel, Marianne·2001·Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Abstract

The Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children (PSWQ-C) is a 14-item self-report questionnaire that intends to measure the tendency of children to engage in excessive, generalized, and uncontrollable worry (Chorpita et al., Behav. Res. Ther. 35 (1997) 569-581). The current study further examined the reliability and validity of the PSWQ-C in a large sample of 8-12-yr-old children (N = 486). Psychometric evaluation indicates that it is preferable to discard the three reverse scored items from the PSWQ-C when using the measure in this particular age group. The shortened 11-item PSWQ-C turned out to be reliable in terms of internal consistency and correlated meaningful with a scale measuring anxiety disorders symptoms. That is, PSWQ-C scores were significantly associated with all types of anxiety disorders symptoms but in particular with symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder. Normative data of the PSWQ-C are provided against which scores of individual children in this age range can be compared.

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Authors
Muris, P., Meesters, C., & Gobel, M.
Affiliations
Maastricht University (NL)
Corresponding author
Muris, Peter
Venue
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2001-06
Volume
32
Issue
2
Pages
63-72
ISSN
0005-7916 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2030763889
Cited by
99
References
26
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Keywords
excessive worry, children, psychometric properties, reliability statistics, validity, reference values, generalized anxiety disorder, self-report questionnaire
MeSH terms
Anxiety Disorders, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reference Values, Severity of Illness Index, Reproducibility of Results

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