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Clinical: mood, anxiety and stress

Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3.

ASI-3

What it measures
Anxiety sensitivity - the fear of anxiety-related sensations because of beliefs about their harmful consequences - across three replicable facets: physical concerns, cognitive concerns, and social concerns
Length and format
18 (6 per subscale). 5-point (0 very little to 4 very much), summed 0-72; subscales 0-24 each; higher = greater anxiety sensitivity (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Many languages incl. ES, IT, DE, FR, PT, NL, ZH, FA, TR and others; explicitly developed cross-nationally
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Taylor, S., Zvolensky, M. J., Cox, B. J., et al. (2007). Robust dimensions of anxiety sensitivity: development and initial validation of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3. Psychological Assessment, 19(2), 176-188.

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