Factorial structure of a French version of the Penn State worry questionnaire

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 158-164

  Gana, Kamel ^a   Martin, Bettina ^a   Canouet, Marie Dominique ^a   Trouillet, Raphael ^a   Meloni, Fiammetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Factorial structure; French; Method effects; Questionnaire; Reliability; Worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035999321     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027//1015-5759.18.2.158     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Arbuckle, J.L. (1999). Amos 4.0. Users' guide. Chicago: Small-Waters Corporation.
2. American Psychiatric Association (1987). Diagnostic manual of mental disorders III revised (DMS-III-R). Washington: APA.
3. Bentler, P.M. (1995). EQS. Structural Equations Program manual. Encino, CA: Multivariate Software Inc.
4. Borkovec, T.D., Ray, W.J., & Stöber, J. (1998). Worry: A cognitive phenomenon intimately linked to affective, physiological, and interpersonal behavior processes. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 22, 561-576.
5. Brown, T.A., Antony, M.M., & Barlow, D.H. (1992). Psychometric properties of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire in a clinical anxiety disorders sample. Behavior Research and Therapy, 30, 33-37.
6. Browne, M.W., & Cudeck, R. (1993). Alternative ways of assessing model fit. In K.A. Bollen & J.S. Long (Eds.), Testing structural equation models (pp. 136-162). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
7. Byrne, B.M. (1994). Structural equation modeling with EQS and EQS/Windows. Basic concepts, applications and programming. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
8. Carmines, E.G., & Zeller, R.A. (1979). Reliability and validity assessment. Beverly Hills: Sage.
9. Davey, G.C.L. (1993). A comparison of three worry questionnaires. Behavior Research and Therapy, 31, 51-56.
10. Fresco, D.M., Heimberg, R.G., Mennin, D.S., & Turk, C.L. (in press). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire. Behavior Research and Therapy.
11. Harris, M.M., & Bladen, A. (1994). Wording effects in the measurement of role conflict and role ambiguity: A multitrait-multimethod analysis. Journal of Management, 20, 887-901.
12. Herrmann, C. (1997). International experience with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. A review of validation data and clinical results. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 42, 17-41.
13. Howell, D.C. (1998). Méthodes statistiques en sciences humaines. Paris: De Boeck Université.
14. Jackson, D.N., & Messick, S. (1958). Content and style in personality assessment. Psychological Bulletin, 55, 243-252.
15. Ladouceur, R., Freeston, M.H., Rhéaume, J., Letarte, H., & Dumont, J. (1992). Translation and validation of a French version of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire. Canadian Psychology, 33, 241.
16. Marsh, H.W. (1989). Confirmatory factor analyses of multitrait-multimethod data: Many problems and few solutions. Applied Psychological Measurement, 13, 335-361.
17. Marsh, H.W. (1993). Multitrait-multimethod analyses: Inferring each trait/method combination with multiple indicators. Journal of Applied Psychological Measurement, 6, 49-81.
18. Marsh, H.W. (1996). Positive and Negative self-esteem: A substantively meaningful distinction or artifactors? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 810-819.
19. Marsh, H.W., & Bailey, M. (1991). Confirmatory factor analyses of multitrait-multimethod data: A comparison of alternative models. Applied Psychological Measurement, 15, 47-70.
20. Meyer, T.J., Miller, M.L., Metzger, R.L., & Borkovec, T.D. (1990). Development and validation of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire. Behavior Research and Therapy, 28, 487-495.
21. Molina, S., & Borkovec, T.D. (1994). The Penn State Worry Questionnaire: Psychometric properties and associated characteristics. In G. Davey & F. Tallis (Eds.), Worrying: Perspectives on theory, assessment, and treatment (pp. 265-283). New York: Wiley.
22. Razavi, D., Delvaux, N., Farvacques, C., & Robaye, E. (1989). Validation de la version française du HADS dans une population de patients cancéreux hospitalisés. Revue de Psychologie Appliquée, 39, 295-308.
23. Stöber, J. (1995). Besorgnis: Ein Vergleich dreier Inventare zur Erfassung allgemeiner Sorgen. Zeitschrift für Differentielle und Diagnostische Psychologie, 16, 50-63.
24. Stöber, J. (1998). Reliability validity of two widely-used worry questionnaires: Self-report self-peer convergence. Personality and Individual Differences, 24, 887-890.
25. Tallis, F., Davey, G.C.L., & Capuzzo, N. (1994). The phenomenology of non-pathological worry: A preliminary investigation. In G.C.L. Davey & F. Tallis (Eds.), Worrying: Perspectives on theory, assessment and treatment (pp. 61-89). New York: Wiley & Sons.
26. Tomas, J.M., & Oliver, A. (1999). Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale: Two factor or method effects. Structural Equation Modeling, 6, 84-98.
27. Van Rijsoort, S., Emmelkamp, P., Vervaeke, G. (1999). The Penn State Worry Questionnaire and the Worry Domains Questionnaire: Structure, reliability and validity. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 6, 297-307.
28. Wells, A., & Papageorgiou, C. (1998). Relationships between worry, obsessive-compulsive symptoms and meta-cognitive beliefs. Behavior Research and Therapy, 36, 899-913.
29. Williams, L., & Brown, B.K. (1994). Method variance in organizational behavior and human resources research: Effects on correlations, path coefficients, and hypothesis testing. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 57, 185-209.