Validación española del cuestionario de preocupación PSWQ : estructura factorial y propiedades psicométricas

By B. Sandín, Paloma Chorot, R. Valiente, Lourdes Lostao. 2009

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The present study validated the Spanish version of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ; Meyer, Miller, Metzger & Borkovec, 1990) in a nonclinical sample (N = 1052). Explora- tory and confi rmatory factor analyses of the PSWQ indicated a structure of two correlated factors consistent with the dimensions «worry engagement» and «absence of worry».. The PSWQ demon- strated good internal consistence and test-retest reliability. Correlations with variables of personal- ity, anxiety and depression provided evidence of good convergent and discriminant validity of the questionnaire. Also, data support the hypothesis that the second factor, which was associated with inversely worded items, could represent more a method effects phenomenon than a substantive factor. The PSWQ-11, an abbreviated version of the PSWQ with the 5 inversely formulated items removed, possesses excellent psychometric properties and is proposed as an instrument to be pre- ferred to the complete PSWQ for assessment of pathological worry. Normative data as to both the PSWQ and the PSWQ-11 are provided.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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