Development of the Applicants' Self- Versus Other-Referenced Anxiety Questionnaire (SOAQ)

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Proost ◽  
Eva Derous ◽  
Karel de Witte ◽  
Knut A. Hagtvet ◽  
Guy Notelaers ◽  
...  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Chiasson ◽  
Emanuelle Bisson-Bernatchez ◽  
Stéphane Turcotte ◽  
Marie-Andrée Tremblay ◽  
Isabelle Denis ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Archibaldo Bravo ◽  
Tania Lecomte ◽  
Marc Corbière ◽  
Alexandre Heeren

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Verkuil ◽  
Briana Brownlow ◽  
Michael Vasey ◽  
Jos F. Brosschot ◽  
Julian F. Thayer

Worry is a central process in a wide range of psychopathological and somatic conditions. Three studies (N = 856) were used to test whether a subscale composed of five items of the most commonly used trait anxiety questionnaire, Spielberger’s State Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait version (STAI-T), is appropriate to measure worry. Results showed that the subscale, named the Brief Worry Scale (BWS), had excellent internal consistency and temporal stability. Convergent and divergent validity were supported by correlation analyses using worry questionnaires and measures of anxious arousal and depression. The BWS was a particularly good predictor of the pathogenic aspects of worry, including worry perseveration in daily life (study 1), measures of clinical worry (study 2) and the uncontrollability of experimentally induced worry (study 3). Taken together, these studies demonstrate that the BWS might be a valuable scale for pathological worry, for which many researchers already have data.


2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic Burton ◽  
Amy King ◽  
Jim Bartley ◽  
Keith J. Petrie ◽  
Elizabeth Broadbent

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline Sardinha ◽  
Antonio Egidio Nardi ◽  
Georg H. Eifert

INTRODUÇÃO: É crescente a produção científica brasileira na adaptação de instrumentos internacionais para avaliar ansiedade. A tradução e adaptação transcultural de escalas é um primeiro passo na obtenção de instrumentos válidos que permitam a comparação de diferentes populações. O objetivo do presente estudo foi traduzir e avaliar a equivalência semântica do Cardiac Anxiety Questionnaire, realizando um estudo piloto na população brasileira de diferentes níveis de escolaridade. MÉTODO: O processo de adaptação transcultural envolveu duas traduções e retrotraduções realizadas por avaliadores independentes, avaliação das versões e elaboração de uma versão síntese. Também examinamos os comentários dos participantes sobre a versão preliminar do questionário, os quais foram usados no desenvolvimento da versão final. RESULTADOS: Para cada item do instrumento, apresentam-se os resultados das quatro etapas. Os participantes com maior grau de escolaridade não apresentaram dificuldades na compreensão do instrumento, tendo apenas apresentado sugestões controversas acerca do item 5. Entretanto, os participantes apenas com escolaridade em nível fundamental relataram dificuldades com os itens 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 e 14. Algumas alterações semânticas foram realizadas com o intuito de facilitar a compreensão do instrumento. CONCLUSÃO: A utilização de duas versões de tradução e retrotradução, discussão sobre a versão síntese e a interlocução com a população-alvo proporcionaram maior segurança ao processo de equivalência semântica da versão final brasileira.


Author(s):  
Marta Makara-Studzińska ◽  
Kornelia Zaręba ◽  
Natalia Kawa ◽  
Dorota Matuszyk

SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus emerged in the world at the end of 2019. The introduction of a number of restrictions had a significant effect on numerous aspects of human life with particular influence being exerted on pregnant women and their sense of security. The study aimed to assess the level of anxiety and its main determinants in women in the third trimester of pregnancy during the coronavirus pandemic. The study technique included the present purposely designed questionnaire, Labor Anxiety Questionnaire (KLPII), and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The study was conducted in a group of 315 women in the third trimester of pregnancy. A total of 258 women (81.9%) completed the questionnaire in May 2020, and 57 of them (18.1%) completed it in October 2020. The overall analysis of the Labor Anxiety Questionnaire and the STAI inventory revealed a high level of anxiety, particularly situational anxiety, in pregnant women during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The age and financial status of the women were the factors which contributed to the intensification of tokophobia. Women interviewed in October 2020 were characterized by higher tokophobia levels compared to the respondents included in May 2020. It seems justified to in-crease the vigilance in the diagnostics of possible mental disorders in the perinatal period during pandemic.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Torrano ◽  
Juan M. Ortigosa ◽  
Antonio Riquelme ◽  
Francisco J. Méndez ◽  
José A. López-Pina

ObjectiveTest anxiety (TA) is a construct that has scarcely been studied based on Lang’s three-dimensional model of anxiety. The objective of this article is to investigate the repercussion of sociodemographic and academic variables on different responses for each component of anxiety and for the type of test in adolescent students.MethodA total of 1181 students from 12 to 18 years old (M = 14.7 and SD = 1.8) participated, of whom 569 were boys (48.2%) and 612 girls (51.8%). A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Cuestionario de Ansiedad ante los examenes-Adaptado (CAEX-A) [Test Anxiety Questionnaire-Adapted] an adaptation for Spanish secondary school levels (ESO) and Bachillerato were administered.ResultsGirls scored higher on the cognitive and physiological components of TA than boys, the intensity of the physiological response increasing with age. Bachillerato level students reported more physiological anxiety than those of ESO level. Students with better marks in the previous year presented more anxiety in the cognitive component, while those who obtained the lower mark presented higher anxiety values in the behavioral component. Participants reported that the types of tests that cause them more anxiety were oral tests in front of the class, oral presentation in front of a panel, and mathematics tests.ConclusionAdolescents show a differential response of TA based on the physiological, cognitive and motor components, mediated by the variables of gender, age, grade, academic performance and type of exam. These results serve to design specific intervention programs to manage anxiety in situations of academic assessment.


2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Marc Dewaele ◽  
Taghreed M. Al-Saraj

The present study focuses on the link between psychological, sociobiographical and linguistic variables and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety of 348 Arabic learners of English (250 females, 98 males). Data were collected using the Arabic Foreign Language Anxiety Questionnaire (AFLAQ; Al-Saraj, 2011, 2014) and an Arabic version of the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire-Short Form (MPQ-SF; van der Zee, van Oudenhoven, Ponterotto & Fietzer, 2013). Multiple regression analyses revealed that self-perceived proficiency in oral English and frequency of use of English explained over a third of variance in FLCA: More proficient and frequent users felt less anxious. Two personality traits, Emotional Stability and Social Initiative explained a further fifth of variance in FLCA, with emotionally stable and more extraverted participants scoring lower on FLCA. Age was the final predictor of a small amount of variance, with older participants feeling less anxious. Degree of multilingualism, sex and education level had no effect on FLCA.


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