Comparison of the penn state worry questionnaire (PSWQ) and abbreviated version (PSWQ-A) in a clinical and non-clinical population of older adults

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 657-663

  Wuthrich, Viviana M ^a   Johnco, Carly ^a   Knight, Ashleigh ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Generalized anxiety disorder; Geriatric; Older adult; Penn state worry questionnaire abbreviated; PSWQ A; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMOTION ASSESSMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GERIATRIC ANXIETY INVENTORY; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PATHOLOGICAL WORRY; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE ABBREVIATED VERSION; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GERIATRIC; OLDER ADULT; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE ABBREVIATED; PSWQ-A; WORRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84905913981     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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