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Use of the Beck Anxiety Inventory with adolescent psychiatric outpatients
R A Steer1, G Kumar, W F Ranieri
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine 08103-1505, USA.
Psychological Reports
|April 1, 1995
Abstract:
The Beck Anxiety Inventory was administered to 105 outpatients between 13 and 17 years old who were diagnosed with various types of psychiatric disorders. A principal factor analysis was performed, and two factors were found representing subjective and somatic symptoms of anxiety. The item compositions of these factors were comparable to those previously described for adolescent inpatients. The results are discussed as supporting the use of the inventory for evaluating self-reported anxiety in outpatient adolescents.