Penn State Worry Questionnaire – Past Week (PSWQ-PW)
Self-report questionnaire with 15 items
Suitable for adults
English questionnaire
License fee: € 0,00 per completion
For whom is the Penn State Worry Questionnaire intended?
This self-report questionnaire is suitable for adults.
What does the PSWQ-PW measure?
The Penn State Worry Questionnaire – Past Week (PSWQ-PW) is primarily used in the outcome and trajectory measurement of pathological worry in treatments of patients with generalized anxiety disorders.
What does the PSWQ-PW questionnaire consist of?
The 15 items of the PSWQ-PW are answered on 7-point Likert scales ranging from “0 = never” to “6 = almost always”.
How does the PSWQ-PW scoring work?
The psychometric properties of the PSWQ-PW have been investigated in Stöber & Bittencourt (1998). Very good values have been found. For example the internal consistency as measured by Cronbach’s Alpha was on average 0.91 across six measurement points.
Source of the questionnaire
Stöber, J. (1995). Besorgnis: Ein Vergleich dreier Inventare zur Erfassung allgemeiner Sorgen. Zeitschrift für Differentielle und Diagnostische Psychologie, 16, 50-63.
Stöber, J. & Bittencourt, J. (1998). Weekly assessment of worry: An adaptation of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire for monitoring changes during treatment. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 36, 645-656.
Stöber, J. (2002). PSWQ-PW: Penn State Worry Questionnaire-Past Week. In E. Brähler, J. Schumacher & B. Strauß (Hrsg.), Diagnostische Verfahren in der Psychotherapie (S. 291-294). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
© J. Stöber & J. Bittencourt
