| Literature DB >> 9159982 |
B F Chorpita1, S A Tracey, T A Brown, T J Collica, D H Barlow.
Abstract
An adaptation of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (Meyer, Miller, Metzger & Borkovec, 1990, Behaviour Research and Therapy, 28, 487-495) for use with children and adolescents was evaluated in two studies (Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children: PSWQ-C). Study I involved the examination of factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent and discriminant validity in a school sample (N = 199). The measure was found to be unifactorial and to possess favorable reliability and validity. Study 2 evaluated the PSWQ-C in a clinical sample and found significantly higher scores in children with generalized anxiety disorder (n = 14) than children with other anxiety disorders (n = 10) and normal controls (n = 10). The PSWQ-C also demonstrated good convergent and discriminant validity and excellent reliability in the clinical sample.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID： 9159982 DOI： 10.1016/s0005-7967(96)00116-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Behav Res Ther ISSN： 0005-7967