Assessing older adults with generalized anxiety: a replication and extension.
Assessing older adults with generalized anxiety: a replication and extension.
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评估患有广泛性焦虑的老年人：复制和延伸。
DOI：
10.1016/s0005-7967(00)00030-9
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发表时间：
2001
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Averill,PM
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作者：
Stanley,MA;Novy,DM;Bourland,SL;Beck,JG;Averill,PM
焦虑是老年人的一个主要健康问题。该领域进一步工作的基石是建立标准化测量策略的心理测量效用，以表征老年人的焦虑。当前研究的目的是复制和扩展先前的研究，以解决57名患有广泛性焦虑症（GAD）的老年人样本中五种焦虑自我报告测量的心理测量特性。数据分析了宾夕法尼亚州立大学焦虑量表（PSWQ）、焦虑量表（WS）、Spielberger状态-特质焦虑量表- Y表（STAI）和两个版本的恐惧问卷（FQ）的描述性特征、内部一致性、重测信度、子量表的相互关系、收敛效度和发散效度。描述性数据通常重复了先前的发现，在当前的样本中有一些增加的状态和特质焦虑。测量结果在内部是一致的，有证据表明，修订后的FQ关注恐惧的严重程度，而不考虑相关的回避，比原始版本显示出更大的内部一致性。特定内容的恐惧和担忧（WS， FQ）随时间的推移是稳定的，并显示出收敛效度。对于担忧和一般焦虑（WS， PSWQ, STAI- trait）的测量也有明显的趋同效度证据，但其中两个测量（PSWQ， STAI）随着时间的推移不可靠。只有PSWQ在抑郁症的自我报告测量方面显示出不同效度的证据。
Anxiety is a major health problem for older adults. The cornerstone for further work in this area is research that establishes the psychometric utility of standardized measurement strategies to characterize anxiety in older adults. The goals of the current study were to replicate and extend prior research addressing the psychometric properties of five self-report measures of anxiety in a sample of 57 older adults with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Data addressed the descriptive characteristics, internal consistency, test–retest reliability, interrelation of subscales, and convergent and divergent validity of the Penn state worry questionnaire (PSWQ), worry scale (WS), Spielberger state-trait anxiety inventory — Form Y (STAI), and two versions of the fear questionnaire (FQ). Descriptive data generally replicated prior findings, with some increased state and trait anxiety in the current sample. Measures were internally consistent, with evidence that a revised version of the FQ that focuses on severity of fear irrespective of associated avoidance demonstrated greater internal consistency than the original version. Measures of content-specific fears and worries (WS, FQ) were stable over time and demonstrated convergent validity. Evidence of convergent validity also was evident for measures of worry and general anxiety (WS, PSWQ, STAI-Trait), but two of these measures (PSWQ, STAI) were not reliable over time. Only the PSWQ showed evidence of divergent validity with respect to self-report measures of depression.