Penn state worry questionnaire: Structure and psychometric properties of the Chinese version

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-218

  Zhong, Jie ^a   Wang, Chun ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Liu, Jun ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Construct; Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ); Reliability; Validity; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PADUA INVENTORY; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WORRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 62549102493     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B0820189     Document Type: Article

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