The online version of the Dutch Penn State Worry Questionnaire: Factor structure, predictive validity and reliability

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 844-848

  Verkuil, Bart ^a   Brosschot, Jos F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Internet administration; Penn State Worry Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity; Worry

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DUTCH PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATHOLOGICAL WORRY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84866529132     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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