Scott Erin L, Eng Winnie, Heimberg Richard G
Adult Anxiety Clinic of Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122-6085, USA.
Depress Anxiety. 2002;15(2):79-82. doi: 10.1002/da.10027.
The present study examined ethnic differences in worry in a college student population. No differences were found between Caucasians, African Americans, and Asian Americans in pathological worry as measured by the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) or in the frequency with which they met self-report criteria for generalized anxiety disorder on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire for DSM-IV (GAD-Q-IV). Groups differed in Worry Domains Questionnaire (WDQ) total scores and on all WDQ domain subscales except for the Financial domain. Within ethnic groups, Caucasians and African Americans experienced variations in intensity of worry across the specific domains, but Asian Americans did not. These results suggest that ethnic groups may differ from each other in the degree to which they worry and in the breadth of their concerns. Further examination of ethnic differences and worry (and anxiety more generally) is suggested.
本研究调查了大学生群体中担忧方面的种族差异。在通过宾夕法尼亚州立大学担忧问卷（PSWQ）测量的病理性担忧方面，以及在根据《精神疾病诊断与统计手册第四版》广泛性焦虑障碍问卷（GAD-Q-IV）达到广泛性焦虑障碍自我报告标准的频率方面，白种人、非裔美国人和亚裔美国人之间未发现差异。各群体在担忧领域问卷（WDQ）总分以及除财务领域外的所有WDQ领域子量表上存在差异。在种族群体内部，白种人和非裔美国人在特定领域的担忧强度存在差异，但亚裔美国人没有。这些结果表明，不同种族群体在担忧程度和担忧范围上可能存在差异。建议进一步研究种族差异与担忧（以及更普遍的焦虑）之间的关系。
