Rogers Travis A, Gorday Julia Y, Bardeen Joseph R, Benfer Natasha
Department of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.
J Pers Assess. 2023 Mar-Apr;105(2):238-248. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2022.2081921. Epub 2022 Jun 8.
The negative emotional contrast avoidance model posits that pathological worry is maintained by the avoidance of negative emotional shifts. The Contrast Avoidance Questionnaires (CAQ-Worry and CAQ-General Emotion) aim to assess contrast avoidance beliefs and behaviors. Questions remain around the factor structures of the CAQs, whether such structures replicate in nonundergraduate samples, and whether their domain-specific factors are valid for independent use. This study used bifactor analysis in a large community sample ( = 827) to address these gaps in the literature. Results supported bifactor models of both measures. Complementary analyses supported the multidimensionality of the CAQ-Worry, including its strong general factor and independent use of two domain-specific factors, rather than the original three domain-specific factors. The CAQ-General Emotion's general factor was strong, but the merits of the Discomfort domain-specific factor require more exploration, and use of the Avoidance domain-specific factor is discouraged.
消极情绪对比回避模型认为，病理性担忧是通过避免消极情绪转变来维持的。对比回避问卷（CAQ-担忧和CAQ-一般情绪）旨在评估对比回避信念和行为。关于CAQ的因子结构、这些结构是否在非本科样本中重复，以及它们的特定领域因子是否可独立使用等问题仍然存在。本研究在一个大型社区样本（n = 827）中使用双因素分析来填补文献中的这些空白。结果支持了两种测量方法的双因素模型。补充分析支持了CAQ-担忧的多维性，包括其强大的一般因子以及两个特定领域因子的独立使用，而非原来的三个特定领域因子。CAQ-一般情绪的一般因子很强，但不适特定领域因子的优点需要更多探索，不鼓励使用回避特定领域因子。
