Stoeber, J. (1998) Reliability and validity of two widely-used worry questionnaires: self-report and self-peer convergence. Personality and Individual Differences, 24 (6). pp. 887-890. ISSN 0191-8869.
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Abstract
The reliability and validity of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) and the Worry Domains Questionnaire (WDQ) were examined with self-ratings from a non-clinical sample of 148 students in a test-retest design across four weeks. Ratings from three well-acquainted peers were also obtained. With internal consistencies and test-retest correlations of at least 0.85, the present study confirmed the high reliability of the questionnaires. Moreover, both measures demonstrated substantial convergent validity: Average agreement among peers was 0.42 (PSWQ) and 0.47 (WDQ) and aggregated self-peer agreement was 0.55 (PSWQ) and 0.49 (WDQ). Self-peer agreement was not biased by social desirability. These findings challenge views that worry is an unreliable and unobservable phenomenon.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | anxiety; anxiety neurosis; measurement; questionnaires; reliability; validity; observers |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Joachim Stoeber |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2009 10:20 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Sep 2011 03:13 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/19825 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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