AP PSYCHOLOGY

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

ANXIETY DISORDERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which psychometric instrument is used to measure specific anxiety disorder?
A
BIPI
B
GAD 7
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Fear Questionnaire (FQ) (Marks & Mathews, 1979).-This is a self-report designed to measure agoraphobic fear, social anxiety, and blood-injection-injury type phobia .

Detailed explanation-2: -Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) The BAI9 is a scale to measure the severity of anxiety. This self-report questionnaire consists of 21 items, and subjects are asked to rate how uncomfortable they have been due to the symptoms they had during the past week using a 4-point Likert scale.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A) It’s still widely used in clinical and research settings. It involves 14 questions that rate moods, fears, and tension, as well as physical, mental, and behavioral traits. A professional must administer the Hamilton test.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) is one of the most frequently used diagnostic self-report scales for screening, diagnosis and severity assessment of anxiety disorder. Its psychometric properties from the view of the Item Response Theory paradigm have rarely been investigated.

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