Assessment of worry in children and adolescents: An adaptation of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire ☆

摘要: Abstract An adaptation of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (Meyer, Miller, Metzger & Borkovec, 1990, Behaviour Research and Therapy, 28, 487–495) for use with children adolescents was evaluated in two studies (Penn Children: PSWQ-C). Study 1 involved examination factor structure, internal consistency, convergent discriminant validity a school sample (N = 199). The measure found to be unifactorial possess favorable reliability validity. 2 PSWQ-C clinical significantly higher scores generalized anxiety disorder (n 14) than other disorders 10) normal controls 10). also demonstrated good excellent sample.