Penn State Worry Questionnaire
Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ; Meyer, Miller, Metzger, & Borkovec, 1990). The PSWQ is a 16-item self-report measure assessing worry associated with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) in adults. The PSWQ can be used as a screening tool (Trull & Hillerbrand, 1990), and, in the case of the weekly version, to monitor symptom change over time (PSWQ-Past Week; Stöber & Bittencourt, 1998). A version of the PSWQ for children and adolescents exists (PSWQ-C; Chorpita, Tracey, Brown, Collica, & Barlow, 1997) and is included in our child appendix. Sample items include, “My worries overwhelm me” and “If I do not have enough time to do everything, I do not worry about it.” Each item is rated on a 5-point scale from one (“not at all typical of me”) to five (“very typical of me”). The PSWQ can be administered in a few minutes, and scoring is simple. The PSWQ demonstrates excellent internal consistency (α = .94) and adequate test-retest reliability over a period of one month (r = .92; Meyer et al., 1990). In addition, the PSWQ successfully differentiates groups meeting the criteria for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from those who meet the criteria for GAD (Meyer et al., 1990). An abbreviated 8-item version has recently been developed (PSWQ-A; Crittendon & Hopko, 2006). The PSWQ is available in Japanese, Turkish, Chinese, French, and Korean (Boysan, Keskin, & Besiroglu, 2008; Gosselin, Dugas, Ladouceur, & Freeston, 2001; Motooka, Tanaka-Matsumi, & Hayashi, 2009; Zhong, Wang, Li, & Liu, 2009).
The original measures (http://www.outcometracker.org)
and the weekly version
(http://www.erzwiss.uni-halle.de/gliederung/paed/ppsych/sepswqpw.pdf)
are available online.
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