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

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van der Heiden C, Muris P, Bos AE, and van der Molen HT

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Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Data Collection, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Netherlands, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Anxiety Disorders diagnosis, Anxiety Disorders psychology, Problem Solving
Abstract

The Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) is a 16-item self-report scale for measuring the excessiveness and uncontrollability of worry. The current study examined the factor structure of the PSWQ in (1) a large community sample (N = 455), and (2) a clinical sample of patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD; N = 102), the disorder for which worry is the key feature. Confirmatory factor analysis was employed to test three models: (1) a one-factor model in which all items loaded on one and the same dimension, (2) a two-factor model in which positively and negatively worded items loaded on two separate but correlated factors, and (3) a one-factor model, that included the reverse items as a method factor. In the community sample the one-factor/method factor model provided the best fit for the data. This was also true in the clinical GAD sample, but only after error covariances between a number of items were allowed to correlate., ((c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

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2010
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