A norwegian adaptation of the penn state worry questionnaire: Factor structure, reliability, validity and norms

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-291

  Pallesen, Ståle ^a   Nordhus, Inger Hilde ^a   Carlstedt, Berit ^b   Thayer, Julian F ^c   Johnsen, Tom Backer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor structure; Norms; Penn State Worry Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33745899007     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2006.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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