Factor structure of the Dutch version of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire

Abstract. The Hungarian version of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) was validated in two studies, using five different samples. Study 1 tested the factor structure and internal consistency of the PSWQ in two undergraduate student samples, comparing the psychometric properties of the paper-pencil and the online versions of the scale. Study 2 assessed construct validity in two undergraduate student samples and in a sample of patients diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and matched control participants. Our results suggest that the Hungarian PSWQ demonstrates good psychometric properties. We found no difference between the online and the paper-pencil versions of the scale. A factor structure with one general worry factor and two method factors representing wording effects showed the best fit to the data.

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Factor Structure of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire

Assessment ◽

10.1177/1073191104269872 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 361-370 ◽

Cited By ~ 58

Author(s):

Holly Hazlett-Stevens ◽

Jodie B. Ullman ◽

Michelle G. Craske

Keyword(s):

Factor Structure ◽

Penn State Worry Questionnaire ◽

Penn State ◽

State Worry

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Factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire: differences between African-American and White-American college students

Journal of Anxiety Disorders ◽

10.1016/j.janxdis.2004.11.001 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 19 (8) ◽

pp. 827-843 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Michele M. Carter ◽

Tracy Sbrocco ◽

Oscar Miller ◽

Sonia Suchday ◽

Evelyn L. Lewis ◽

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Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

African American ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

White American ◽

Structure Reliability ◽

Penn State Worry Questionnaire ◽

Penn State ◽

State Worry

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Factor Structure, Measurement Invariance, and Concurrent Validity of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire Across Development, Psychopathology, and Culture

Assessment ◽

10.1177/1073191121993223 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 107319112199322

Author(s):

Kevin Liu ◽

Joseph S. Nijmeh ◽

Stacie L. Warren

Keyword(s):

High School Students ◽

Measurement Invariance ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Concurrent Validity ◽

Depression Symptom ◽

School Students ◽

Penn State Worry Questionnaire ◽

Penn State ◽

State Worry

The Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) is a widely used assessment of excessive worry. American undergraduate samples have predominately been used to evaluate its factor structure, which may not generalize to other developmental, cultural, and psychopathology populations. The present study tested the PSWQ’s factor structure across three diverse samples: American undergraduate students ( n = 3,243), Dutch high school students ( n = 3,906), and American adults with psychopathology ( n = 384). Exploratory, confirmatory, and multigroup confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. Measurement invariance and concurrent validity were also tested. Method-factor and two-factor models were largely equivalent and superior to a one-factor model. Invariance tests supported configural and metric invariance but only partial scalar invariance. Positively worded items but not negatively worded items demonstrated concurrent validity with anxiety and depression symptom measures and diagnoses. Overall, the PSWQ appears to measure a unitary construct. Present results warrant further testing of the PSWQ across diverse samples.

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Penn State Worry Questionnaire in emotional disorders: validation and normative data for Portuguese population

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling ◽

10.1080/03069885.2021.1897969 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

João Tiago Oliveira ◽

Divo Faustino ◽

Fátima Freitas ◽

Miguel M. Gonçalves ◽

Eugénia Ribeiro ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Emotional Disorders ◽

Normative Data ◽

Portuguese Population ◽

Penn State Worry Questionnaire ◽

Penn State ◽

State Worry

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Worry and perceived risk of contagion during the COVID-19 quarantine in the Jalisco population: Preliminary Study

Salud Mental ◽

10.17711/sm.0185-3325.2020.035 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 (6) ◽

pp. 253-261

Author(s):

Jesua Iván Guzmán-González ◽

Franco Giordano Sánchez-García ◽

Saúl Ramírez-de los Santos ◽

Francisco Gutiérrez-Rodríguez ◽

David Palomino-Esparza ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Perceived Risk ◽

Preventive Measures ◽

Indirect Measure ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Penn State Worry Questionnaire ◽

Study Results ◽

Penn State ◽

The Face ◽

State Worry

Introduction. Preventive measures taken during periods of health crisis, specifically in pandemics, have consistently been associated with detrimental effects on mental health. Isolation and loneliness are indirect effects of these preventive measures. Given these premises, monitoring the behavior of the population in the face of these eventualities becomes important. Worry as an indirect measure of anxiety and stress enables one to recognize subjects who are vulnerable to phenomena of high uncertainty, since measures taken to avoid excessive contagion can have high costs for this population. This phenomenon has been consistently observed in other pandemics such as H1/N1 influenza. Objective. To determine the prevalence of worry and perceived risk of contagion in the Guadalajara population during the COVID-19 quarantine and to identify differentiating effects. Method. A total of 255 people from western Mexico (Guadalajara, Jalisco) voluntarily participated by answering the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) adapted to Mexican population. The average age of the respondents, aged between 18 and 70 years, was 31.71 (± 5.19). A total of 170 women and 85 men participated in the study. Results. 40.12% of the population scored high levels of worry, making them vulnerable to mental health conditions. Subjects favored the prevention of a contagion regardless of whether they were self-isolated. The only variable that had a differential effect was sex (p < .05), and there were no differences in educational attainment, occupational demandingness, and isolation between the groups. Discussion and conclusion. A preventive attitude was observed among the participants, and so it is important to implement strategies that will prevent mental health costs in those who express excessive worry to avoid saturating mental health services.

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