Penn State Worry Questionnaire in emotional disorders
Validation and normative data for Portuguese population
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21516505 |
|---|---|
| Authors | João Tiago Oliveira (0000-0001-6624-8816, University of Minho), Divo Faustino (0000-0003-1861-5524, University of Minho), Fátima Freitas (University of Minho), Miguel M Gonçalves (0000-0003-2575-7221, University of Minho), Eugénia Ribeiro (0000-0002-8749-7130, University of Minho), Sónia Gonçalves (0000-0003-1047-1503, University of Minho), Paulo Pp Machado (0000-0003-4277-9203, University of Minho, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 251-261 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Guidance and Counselling (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-9885 • E-ISSN: 1469-3534 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03069885.2021.1897969 |
| OpenAlex | W3160889287 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 41 |
Worry is a phenomenon that is present in multiple psychopathologies. Given the widely accepted transdiagnostic role that worry plays in psychopathology, reliable measures for this construct are pivotal for clinical practice. The Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) is one of the most widely used and established measures of worry in both clinical and non-clinical populations and it is accepted as a highly reliable measure. The present study aimed to examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of the PSWQ for the Portuguese population. The total sample consisted of 428 participants, 256 from the community, and 172 from the clinical population. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a model of one factor with a method factor containing the negatively worded items
Anxiety · Confirmatory factor analysis · Construct validity · Normative · Population · Portuguese · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Psychopathology · Structural equation modeling · Worry · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Preliminary exploration of worry
Development and validation of the penn state worry questionnaire
Global prevalence of anxiety disorders
Repetitive Negative Thinking as a Transdiagnostic Process
Clinical significance
Positive and negative global self-esteem
An inventory for measuring clinical anxiety
Constructive and unconstructive repetitive thought
Validity study of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (Portuguese version) by the Rasch Rating Scale model
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |