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Psychometric properties of worry and anxiety measures in a sample of african american and caucasian older adults

机译：非洲裔美国和白种人老年人样本中的忧虑和焦虑措施的心理测量特性

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Objective: The aim of our study was to examine the psychometric properties of commonly used anxiety and worry assessment measures in a community-based, low-income sample of African American and Caucasian older adults. Method: African American and Caucasian participants from three community-based clinical trials testing treatments for late-life worry/anxiety were pooled to examine the factor structure, internal consistency reliability, and convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire-Abbreviated (PSWQ-A), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and Geriatric Anxiety Inventory-short form (GAI-SF). Results: All three measures demonstrated an adequate fit to a one-factor structure. Internal consistency reliability was adequate for the PSWQ-A and GAD-7 in the total sample and racial subgroups but was acceptable for the GAI-SF only in the African American subgroup. The PSWQ-A and GAD-7 demonstrated good convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity. The GAI-SF has adequate convergent and divergent validity in the African American subgroup. Conclusion: Our study offers preliminary evidence for use of the PSWQ-A and GAD-7 for assessment of anxiety in a sample of low-income, predominantly African American participants. These measures may facilitate identification of anxiety symptoms, which are often overlooked in this population. More research is needed to examine the accuracy of these measures in other racial/ethnic groups.
机译：目的：我们的研究目的是在非洲裔美国和白种人老年人的社区，低收入样本中审查常用焦虑和忧虑措施的心理测量性质。方法：汇集了来自三个社区临床试验的非洲裔美国和高加索参与者，用于汇集后期忧虑/焦虑的测试治疗，以检查宾夕法尼亚州担心问卷的因子结构，内部一致性可靠性和收敛，判别和预测有效性 - 缩写（PSWQ-A），广义焦虑症-7（GAD-7）和老年人焦虑库存 - 短型（GAI-SF）。结果：所有三种措施都表现出足够的拟合对单因素结构。内部一致性可靠性适用于总样本和种族亚组中的PSWQ-A和GAD-7，但仅在非洲裔美国亚组中可接受GAI-SF。 PSWQ-A和GAD-7展示了良好的会聚，判别和预测有效性。 GAI-SF在非洲裔美国亚组中具有足够的会聚和发散的有效性。结论：我们的研究提供了使用PSWQ-A和GAD-7的初步证据，以评估低收入样本中的焦虑，主要是非洲裔美国参与者。这些措施可以促进焦虑症状的鉴定，这些症状往往忽视了这群人群。需要更多的研究来检查其他种族/族群中这些措施的准确性。

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