The present report describes the development of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire to measure the trait of worry. The 16-item instrument emerged from factor analysis of a large number of items and was found to possess high internal consistency and good test-retest reliability. The questionnaire corr
Development and validation of the penn state worry questionnaire
β Scribed by T.J. Meyer; M.L. Miller; R.L. Metzger; Thomas D. Borkovec
- Book ID
- 115754703
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 977 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0005-7967
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