Muris P, Meesters C, Gobel M
Department of Medical, Clinical, and Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 2001 Jun;32(2):63-72. doi: 10.1016/s0005-7916(01)00022-2.
The Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children (PSWQ-C) is a 14-item self-report questionnaire that intends to measure the tendency of children to engage in excessive, generalized, and uncontrollable worry (Chorpita et al., Behav. Res. Ther. 35 (1997) 569-581). The current study further examined the reliability and validity of the PSWQ-C in a large sample of 8-12-yr-old children (N = 486). Psychometric evaluation indicates that it is preferable to discard the three reverse scored items from the PSWQ-C when using the measure in this particular age group. The shortened 11-item PSWQ-C turned out to be reliable in terms of internal consistency and correlated meaningful with a scale measuring anxiety disorders symptoms. That is, PSWQ-C scores were significantly associated with all types of anxiety disorders symptoms but in particular with symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder. Normative data of the PSWQ-C are provided against which scores of individual children in this age range can be compared.
宾夕法尼亚州立大学儿童忧虑问卷（PSWQ-C）是一份包含14个条目的自陈式问卷，旨在测量儿童过度、普遍且无法控制的忧虑倾向（乔皮塔等人，《行为研究与治疗》，第35卷，第569 - 581页，1997年）。本研究进一步在一个由8至12岁儿童组成的大样本（N = 486）中检验了PSWQ-C的信度和效度。心理测量学评估表明，在这个特定年龄组使用该量表时，最好舍弃PSWQ-C中的三个反向计分条目。缩短后的11个条目的PSWQ-C在内部一致性方面表现出可靠性，并且与一个测量焦虑症症状的量表有显著意义的相关性。也就是说，PSWQ-C得分与所有类型的焦虑症症状都显著相关，尤其是与广泛性焦虑症的症状相关。文中提供了PSWQ-C的常模数据，可用于比较该年龄范围内个体儿童的得分。
