Whiteley Index.

WI

What it measures

Hypochondriasis / health anxiety; disease conviction, disease fear/phobia, bodily preoccupation

Length and format

14 (original); 7-item and 6-item short forms widely used. Originally Yes/No; modern versions 5-point Likert; summed (higher = more health anxiety) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages incl. ES, DE, DA, SV, ZH, JA, PT

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

Pilowsky, I. (1967). Dimensions of hypochondriasis. British Journal of Psychiatry, 113(494), 89-93.