A Worry Inventory
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Martin, A. H.
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN/ISSBN：
0021-9010
DOI：
10.1037/h0062964
发表日期：
1945
页码：
68-74
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摘要：
This inventory is a fresh attempt at the measurement of maladjusted trends in personality. Most tests of this type are cast in the form of questions, and are often difficult for a candidate to answer. In this list, brief descriptions of worry symptoms are set out in very simple, unambiguous terms. Subjects do 2 things: (1) underline all items which cause them to worry; (2) ring those items which are present worries. The 63-item list was given to 100 university students of both sexes ranging in age from 17 to 47 yrs. There were no reliable sex or age differences shown in the returns. The test items grouped into six main categories. Analysis showed that people worry about the following things in descending order of frequency of underlining items on the list: sex; inferiority; physical symptoms; schizoid trends; religious difficulties; fear and anger, or cyclo-thymic trends. The test correlated highly with the commonly used Neurotic Inventory of Thurstone ( + .81), and negatively with tests of extroversion (.56). Points in favor of this test over the current self-administering check-lists on emotional stability are: (1) simple administration, (2) simple scoring, (3) items easy to comprehend. Of course, one must still rely to a great extent on the basic honesty of the subjects taking the test.
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