A Study of Psychometric Properties, Normative Scores and Factor Structure of Beck Anxiety Inventory Chinese Version

作者：Wong Kit-ching · 发表于：Zhongguo linchuang xinlixue zazhi · 年份：2002 · 被引用次数：81 · 研究领域：Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes、Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development、Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies

Objective: To explore the psychometric properties, normative data and factorial structure of the Beck Anxiety Inventory-Chinese Version (BAI-Chinese). Methods: 189 Hong Kong psychiatric out-patients with the diagnosis of either an anxiety or a depressive disorder completed the questionnaires. Results: The BAI-Chinese was found to have excellent internal consistency (Cronbach α=0.95). The top five percentile scored 39 or above in the BAI-Chinese. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses suggested that a simple 2-factor model would best accommodate the BAI data set. Conclusion: The BAI-Chinese was found to attain good reliability. Its factors Physiological Response and Anxious Cognition were similar to those extracted from the original scale, and were consistent with the prevailing cognitive-behavioral model for anxiety.