Psychometric comparability of English- and Spanish-language measures of anxiety and related affective symptoms
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Research supports the validity of Spanish-language translations of questionnaires used to measure anxiety and related disorders. Assessments of validity involved the use of bilingual participants who answered English- and Spanish-language questionnaires and produced comparable results from both.
Publication Name: Psychological Assessment
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1040-3590
Year: 2001
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Assessing worry in older adults: confirmatory factor analysis of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire and psychometric properties of an abbreviated model
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A confirmatory factor analysis of the Penn State Worry QuestionnaireEs (PSWQ) data was conducted to evaluate the generalizability of previous models to older adults with generalized anxiety disorder. Studies revealed that the data fit poorly with established single and two factor models.
Publication Name: Psychological Assessment
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1040-3590
Year: 2003
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Differentiating anxiety and depression in older adults with generalized anxiety disorder
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Examination of 83 older participants with generalized anxiety disorder through the Cognitive Checklist (CCL) and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) was conducted. Studies revealed a 3-factor solution for the PANAS and a 2-factor solution for CCL.
Publication Name: Psychological Assessment
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1040-3590
Year: 2003
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