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16243636

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
This report describes the development of a brief and valid self-report measure to assess severe and dysfunctional worry (the Brief Measure of Worry Severity or BMWS). Using three independent subject groups (clinical and non-clinical), the measure was used to examine the differential severity of worry in depression and anxiety and to examine the clinical and personality correlates of severe worriers. Preliminary psychometric evaluation revealed that the BMWS possesses good construct and clinical discriminant validity. Subjects reporting greater worry severity tended to be more "introverted" and "obsessional," but less "agreeable" and "conscientious." Subjects with depression only, reported less problems with worrying compared to those with co-morbid anxiety disorders. However, among the anxiety disorders, severe and dysfunctional worry was not exclusively experienced by subjects with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). This study suggests that pathological worry is not only relevant for patients with GAD, but may be an equally detrimental cognitive activity for patients with panic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0887-6185
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
877-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-8-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
A Brief Measure of Worry Severity (BMWS): personality and clinical correlates of severe worriers.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales and Mood Disorders Unit, Black Dog Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia. g.gladstone@unsw.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Validation Studies