Anxiety Disorders

Beck Anxiety Inventory

PsycTESTS Citation: Beck, A. T., Epstein, N., Brown, G., & Steer, R. (1988). Beck Anxiety Inventory [Database record]. Retrieved from PsycTESTS. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/t02025-000

Instrument Type: Inventory/Questionnaire

Test Format: Respondents rate how much he or she has been bothered by each symptom over the past week on a 4-point scale ranging from 0 (Not at all) to 3 (Severely—I could barely stand it). The items are summed to obtain a total score that can range from 0 to 63.

Source: Beck, Aaron T., Epstein, Norman, Brown, Gary, & Steer, Robert A. (1988). An inventory for measuring clinical anxiety: Psychometric properties. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol 56(6), 893-897. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.56.6.893

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doi:  10.1037/t02025-­‐000

Items

____  Numbness  or  :ngling ____  Hands  trembling

____  Feeling  hot ____  Shaky

____  Wobbliness  in  legs ____  Fear  of  losing  control

____  Unable  to  relax ____  Difficulty  breathing

____  Fear  of  the  worst  happening ____  Fear  of  dying

____  Dizzy  or  lightheaded ____  Scared

____  Heart  pounding  or  racing ____  Indiges:on  or  discomfort  in  abdomen

____  Unsteady ____  Faint

____  Terrified ____  Face  flushed

____  Nervous ____  Swea:ng  (not  due  to  heat)

____  Feelings  of  choking

Beck  Anxiety  Inventory

Note.    The  respondent  is  asked  to  rate  how  much  he  or  she  has  been  bothered  by  each   symptom  over  the  past  week  on  a  4-­‐point  scale  ranging  from  0  (Not  at  all)  to  3  (Severely—I   could  barely  stand  it).

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