PROMIS Anxiety (Emotional Distress - Anxiety item bank).

PROMIS-Anxiety

What it measures

Fear, anxious misery, hyperarousal and somatic-arousal-related-cognition components of anxiety; IRT-calibrated on a T-score metric (mean 50, SD 10)

Length and format

29-item adult bank; 4-, 6-, 7-, 8-item nested short forms; CAT. 5-point frequency (never to always); IRT-scored T-score (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages via PROMIS/FACIT methodology (ES, DE, NL, ZH, KO and others; DIF-tested across languages, e.g. Dutch reference values)

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

public-domain / open

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Reference

Pilkonis, P. A., Choi, S. W., Reise, S. P., et al. (2011). Item banks for measuring emotional distress from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS): depression, anxiety, and anger. Assessment, 18(3), 263-283.