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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2020
Les questionnaires relatifs à l'anxiété qui ont fait l'objet d'études extensives de validation sont recensés dans cette revue, avec leurs caractéristiques. Parmi ces inventaires, l'accent est mis d'abord sur ceux qui ont comme objectif d'évaluer la sévérité de la symptomatologie anxieuse, notamment les inventaires qui évaluent séparément l'anxiété-trait et l'anxiété-état. D'autres inventaires, plus spécifiquement destinés à l'évaluation de la symptomatologie phobique (agoraphobie, phobies sociales ou phobies spécifiques), des symptômes obsessionnels-compulsifs et des attaques de panique sont ensuite présentés.
In this review, the self-report inventories measuring anxiety — which have received some evidence of validity through extensive studies — are listed with their main characteristics. Among the inventories which are designed to assess the severity of anxiety symptoms, emphasis is laid upon those which separately assess anxiety state and anxiety-trait. Other inventories are more specifically oriented toward the assessment of phobic symptoms whether globally, eg the Fear Survey Schedules and the Fear Questionnaire, or more precisely, eg the assessment of agoraphobia, social phobias and specific phobia. With respect to agoraphobia and social phobias, recent developments, partly stimulated by research in cognitive theories, have led to new instruments, most of which are currently being validated or discussed, like social anxiety or social phobia questionnaires. Another current debate in the field deals with the generally poor correlation between subjective and behavioral measures, which have led to coin the «response desynchrony» concept. Among a number of questionnaires investigating specific phobias, two have been selected to illustrate their purpose. Work on some new and more practical instruments for obsessive-compulsive symptoms is now in progress. Renewed interest in panic attacks, especially as a possible epidemiologic marker, has provided support for developing panic attack questionnaires. Finally, though self-report inventories are still the only means of gaining access to subjective feelings or cognitions the assessment of anxiety symptoms generally requires a combination of several instruments, to be selected according to the purpose of the study; in that respect, tentative guidelines are suggested.
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