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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