The structure of worry: Relations between positive/negative personality characteristics and the Penn State Worry Questionnaire

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 540-553

  Olatunji, Bunmi O ^a   Schottenbauer, Michele A ^c   Rodriguez, Benjamin F ^b   Glass, Carol R ^c   Arnkoff, Diane B ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Anxiety disorders; Negative affect; Positive affect; PSWQ; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATH ANALYSIS; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSONALITY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247492734     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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