Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children in Chinese Adolescents.

IF 3.6 Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology Pub Date : 2020-11-01 DOI:10.1007/s10802-020-00680-1

Yixing Liu, Jie Zhong

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The present research introduced the Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children (PSWQ-C) to China and evaluated its structure and psychometric properties in Chinese adolescent samples. The PSWQ-C is a 14-item self-report questionnaire designed to measure the generality, excessiveness, and uncontrollability aspects of pathological worries in children and adolescents. Factor analysis results suggested that the three reverse-scored items represented one or more unknown factors rather than worry; thus, they were discarded and the remaining 11 positively worded items formed the Chinese version of the PSWQ-C (CH-PSWQ-C). The CH-PSWQ-C was found to have acceptable internal consistency reliability and favorable convergent and divergent validity by examining its correlations with measures of anxiety, depression, and some personality characteristics. To illustrate the utility of the CH-PSWQ-C in Chinese adolescent samples, we used the CH-PSWQ-C to explore the moderating effect of neuroticism on the relationship between earthquake experiences and worry; the results suggested that adolescents with high neuroticism were more vulnerable to worry after experiencing serious disasters.

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宾夕法尼亚州立大学中国青少年儿童忧虑问卷的结构和心理测量学特征。

本研究将《宾夕法尼亚州立大学儿童忧虑问卷》引入中国，并在中国青少年样本中对其结构和心理测量特征进行了评估。PSWQ-C是一份包含14个项目的自我报告问卷，旨在测量儿童和青少年病理性担忧的普遍性、过度性和不可控性。因子分析结果表明，三个反向得分项目代表一个或多个未知因素，而不是担忧;因此，它们被丢弃，剩余的11个肯定词组成了PSWQ-C (CH-PSWQ-C)的中文版。通过检验CH-PSWQ-C与焦虑、抑郁和某些人格特征的相关性，发现其具有可接受的内部一致性信度和良好的收敛度和发散度。为了说明CH-PSWQ-C在中国青少年样本中的效用，我们使用CH-PSWQ-C来探讨神经质对地震经历与担忧关系的调节作用;结果表明，高神经质青少年在经历重大灾难后更容易产生焦虑情绪。

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期刊介绍： Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology brings together the latest innovative research that advances knowledge of psychopathology from infancy through adolescence. The journal publishes studies that have a strong theoretical framework and use a diversity of methods, with an emphasis on empirical studies of the major forms of psychopathology found in childhood disorders (e.g., disruptive behavior disorders, depression, anxiety, and autism spectrum disorder). Studies focus on the epidemiology, etiology, assessment, treatment, prognosis, and developmental course of these forms of psychopathology. Studies highlighting risk and protective factors; the ecology and correlates of children''s emotional, social, and behavior problems; and advances in prevention and treatment are featured. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology is the official journal of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (ISRCAP), a multidisciplinary scientific society.