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What do anxiety scales measure?
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Keedwell P, Snaith RP. What do anxiety scales measure? Acta Psychiatr Scand 1996: 93: 177–180. c̊ Munksgaard 1996. At present researchers appear to rely on instruments for the assessment of anxiety without due consideration of what it is that the instrument may be presumed to measure. A survey was undertaken of the presently most frequently used rating scales which purport to assess anxiety. The allocation of items of the scales to the major aspects of anxiety was examined. It was found that the scales tapped different areas of psychopathology. Furtherance of research requires closer attention to the nature of the scales and the assumption that they all measure much the same construct must be discarded.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Keedwell, P., & Snaith, R. P.
- Affiliations
- St James's University Hospital (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Snaith, R. P.
- Venue
- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1996-03
- Volume
- 93
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 177-180
- ISSN
- 0001-690X (ISSN-L)
- 1600-0447
- OpenAlex
- W1963700322
- Cited by
- 102
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 0.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (acceptedVersion)
- 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
- anxiety scale, anxiety assessment, psychometric validity, construct validity, rating scales, psychopathology, measurement invariance
- MeSH terms
- Anxiety Disorders, Humans, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results
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