Appropriate management of anxiety disorders in primary care requires clinical assessment and monitoring of the severity of the anxiety. Its long form is composed of 21 questions, each designed to assess a specific symptom common among people with depression. Cognitive behavior therapy cbt is an evidencebased form of psychotherapy, during which clients and therapists work as a team to identify and solve problems. Quick reference bai bek a questionnaire that assesses levels of anxiety experienced by patients. Beck 1921, us psychiatrist source for information on beck anxiety inventory. The development of a 21item selfreport inventory for measuring the severity of anxiety in psychiatric populations is described. The beck anxiety inventory bai is a 5 to 10minute, selfadministered test consisting of 21 items related to symptoms of anxiety. The bdi has been developed in different forms, including several computerized forms, a card form may, urquhart, tarran, 1969, cited in grothmarnat, 1990, the item short form and the more recent bdi.
The beck anxiety inventory bai is a recent addition to the beck series of inventories. Get informed beck institute for cognitive behavior therapy. It has been used in multiple studies, including in treatmentoutcome studies for individuals who have experienced traumas. Anxiety evaluates the current state of anxiety, asking how respondents feel right now, using items that measure subjective feelings of apprehension, tension, nervousness, worry, and activationarousal of the autonomic nervous system. Beck and other colleagues, is a 21question multiplechoice selfreport inventory that is used for measuring the severity of anxiety in children and adults. This chapter describes and evaluates the beck anxiety inventory bai, a 21item selfreport instrument for measuring the severity of anxiety in adolescents and adults. Beck depression inventorysecond edition bdiii mens. Is the beck anxiety inventory a good tool to assess the.
This study focuses on the beck anxiety inventory bai as a severity indicator for anxiety in primary care patients with different anxiety disorders social phobia, panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, agoraphobia or generalized anxiety disorder. Beck et al, 1988 is a selfreport inventory for measuring the severity of anxiety in psychiatric populations. Despite the prominent use of the beck anxiety inventory bai in primary. The beck depression inventory bdi is a series of questions developed to measure the intensity, severity, and depth of depression in patients with psychiatric diagnoses. The bai discriminated anxious diagnostic groups panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, etc. Psychometric properties with older adults article pdf available in journal of clinical geropsychology 51. Although the beck depression inventory and beck anxiety inventory are two of the most widely used instruments for assessing depressive and anxious symptoms in both clinical and nonclinical populations, their crosscultural reliability and validity have yet to be fully established. Use of the beck anxiety and depression inventories for primary. Their combined citations are counted only for the first article. It measures the severity of anxiety in adults and adolescents, giving. In study 1, the testretest reliability and internal consistency of the beck anxiety inventory bai were examined with a sample of 40 outpatients having anxiety disorders. This is the first study that provides normative, reliability, factor validity and discriminant validity data of the beck anxiety inventory bai. Concurrent validation of the burns anxiety inventoryrevised. Comparison of the depression anxiety stress scales dass with the beck depression and anxiety inventories.
In general, the chinese version of beck anxiety inventory is appropriate for chinese doctors and can be used as a good screener to detect the anxiety of chinese doctors. The effectiveness of the beck anxiety baipc and depression bdipc inventories for primary care for discriminating 56 primary care patients with and. Susan leigh brittain anxiety disorders are a pervasive problem in the united states and throughout the world. It has been demonstrated to be effective for psychiatric problems, psychological disorders, and medical issues. The beck anxiety inventory bai, created by aaron t. Manual for the beck anxiety inventory 1993 by a t beck, r a steer add to metacart. Our results suggest that anxiety and depressive symptoms as measured by the bai and bdiii can be empirically differentiated and that particularly items of the cognitive domain in depression and those of physical domain in anxiety are noteworthy. It has previously demonstrated good construct validity and high internal consistency. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Psychometric properties of the portuguese version of the statetrait anxiety inventory applied to college students. The beck anxiety inventory in a nonclinical sample. Relationship between the beck anxiety inventory and the hamilton anxiety rating scale with anxious outpatients. Pdf reliability and validity of the beck anxiety inventory.
The bdiii was revised in 1996 to be more consistent with dsmiv criteria for depression. Beck depression inventory occupational medicine oxford. Beck anxiety inventory the national child traumatic stress network. Reliability and validity of the beck anxiety inventory. Factor analyses suggested that the bai taps a general anxiety dimension comprising two related. For example, individuals are asked to respond to each question based on a twoweek time period rather than the oneweek timeframe on the bdi. Keywords beck anxiety inventory, china, factor structure, psychometric properties, young doctors. Risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder in haitian students.
The bai is a 21item self report questionnaire which asks about common symptoms of anxiety, such as feeling nervous, scared, and fear of dying, and was designed to distinguish anxiety symptoms from depressive symptoms. In this context, the development of a new selfreport scale for anxiety, the beck anxiety inventory bai. A series of analyses was used to reduce the item pool. The beck scales for adults and children listed below are not available from beck institute, but may be ordered, along with scoring and normative data, from pearson assessment, inc. The questions used in this measure ask about common symptoms of anxiety that the subject has had during the past week including the day you take it such as numbness and tingling. Should we be anxious when assessing anxiety using the beck. The resulting beck anxiety inventory bai is a 21item scale that showed high internal consistency a. The bdiii was used as a crucial reference in the present study to. Beck anxiety inventory the national child traumatic stress. Concurrent validation of the burns anxiety inventory revised using the beck anxiety inventory and the burns anxiety inventory. Psychometric properties of a spanish version of the beck. Beck anxiety inventory checklist download printable pdf. The beck anxiety inventory in a non clinical sample.
Citeseerx citation query manual for the beck anxiety inventory. The bdi takes approximately 10 minutes to complete, although clients require a fifth sixth grade reading level to adequately understand the. Exploratory factor analysis of the beck anxiety inventory and. A summary of the research investigating the reliability, internal consistency, testretest reliability, content validity, construct and convergent validity, discriminant validity, and factorial validity is offered. Clinical utility of beck anxiety inventory in clinical and.
The beck anxiety inventory bai is a widely used 21item selfreport inventory used to assess anxiety levels in adults and adolescents. Beck anxiety inventory the national child traumatic. Reliability and validity of the beck depression and anxiety. Andrade l, gorenstein c, vieira filho ah, tung tc, artes r. The bdi has been developed in different forms, including several computerized forms, a card form may, urquhart, tarran, 1969, cited in grothmarnat, 1990. It consists of an evaluation of the cognitive and physical manifestations of anxiety, which are rated on a scale from 0 to 3. Study 2 was conducted to assess the convergent and discriminant validity of the bai vis a vis anxiety and. Factor structure and psychometric properties of chinese. The initial item pool of 86 items were drawn from three preexisting scales. Beck and other colleagues, is a 21question multiplechoice selfreport inventory that is used for. The beck anxiety inventory is a well accepted selfreport measure of anxiety in adults and adolescents for use in both clinical and research settings. An initial item pool of 86 items was drawn from three preexisting scales. The bai was developed on, and for use with, psychiatric patients. The beck depression inventory bdi is a 21item selfreporting questionnaire for evaluating the severity of depression in normal and psychiatric populations 1,2.
The bdiii is a widely used 21item selfreport inventory measuring the severity of depression in adolescents and adults. At beck, ac butler, gk brown, kk dahlsgaard, cf newman, js beck. The questions used in this measure ask about common symptoms of anxiety that the subject has had during the past week including the. The bai was moderately correlated with the revised hamilton anxiety rating scale. Beck depression inventorysecond edition the national child. The bai proved highly internally consistent and acceptably reliable over an average time lapse of 11 days. Their specific applications range from assessing anxiety to youth emotions, and all are available for purchase using the links below. Psychometric properties of the beck depression inventory. Respondents are asked to rate each item on a 4point scale ranging from 0 not at all to 3 severely, can barely stand it. A series of analyses was usd to reduce the item pool.
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