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Psychometric properties and diagnostic utility of the Beck Anxiety Inventory and the state-trait anxiety inventory with older adult psychiatric outpatients

Kabacoff, Robert I., Segal, Daniel L., Hersen, Michel, Van Hasselt, Vincent B.·1997·Journal of Anxiety Disorders
DOI 10.1016/s0887-6185(96)00033-3
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In order to assess the psychometric properties and diagnostic utility of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) with older adults, these measures were administered to 217 older adult outpatients with mixed psychiatric disorders. Both the BAI and STAI scales demonstrated high internal reliabilities. The BAI demonstrated good factorial validity, with a somatic anxiety and a subjective anxiety factor emerging. In contrast, the STAI did not evidence factorial validity, with analyses failing to support presence of state and trait anxiety factors. Both the BAI and Trait Anxiety scale of the STAI demonstrated discriminant validity in separating patients with a current anxiety disorder from patients without such a disorder. However, the State Anxiety scale of the STAI did not discriminate between these groups. When used to predict presence of an anxiety disorder, no single cutting score for either the BAI or STAI proved optimal, due to tradeoffs between sensitivity and specificity. Results suggest that both the subjective subscale and total score on the BAI can be somewhat useful as a quick screening instrument in detecting presence of a current anxiety disorder for older adult psychiatric outpatients, although results were not as strong as previous findings regarding screening tests for depression in the elderly.

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Authors
Kabacoff, R. I., Segal, D. L., Hersen, M., & Van Hasselt, V. B.
Affiliations
  • Nova Southeastern University (US)
  • University of Colorado Colorado Springs (US)
Corresponding author
Kabacoff, Robert I.
ORCID
Segal, Daniel L.
Venue
Journal of Anxiety Disorders
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1997-01
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
33-47
ISSN
0887-6185 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/s0887-6185(96)00033-3
OpenAlex
W1975387052
Cited by
500
References
27
Citations by year
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FWCI
13.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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Locations
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • NSUWorks (Nova Southeastern University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
Keywords
Beck Anxiety Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, anxiety disorders, older adults, psychiatric outpatients, screening tool, diagnostic value, psychometric properties, factorial validity, discriminant validity, somatic anxiety, subjective anxiety, sensitivity and specificity, cutting scores
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Aged, Ambulatory Care, Anxiety Disorders, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Male, Mass Screening, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychometrics, Sensitivity and Specificity, Reproducibility of Results, Discriminant Analysis

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