Anxiety Experiences Questionnaire (AXEQ)


The Anxiety Experiences Questionnaire (AXEQ) is comprised of three measures: the Penn State Worry Questionnaire, the Phobia Questionnaire developed by Marks and Matthews, and the DSM-III R criteria for Panic Disorder. The Worry Questionnaire yields a Total Worry score. The Phobia Questionnaire yields a Total Phobia score, and 3 scale scores (Agoraphobia, Blood-Injury Phobia, and Social Phobia). The DSM-III R criteria yield 7 scores (presence of panic attacks, panic attack symptoms, unexpectedness of panic, incidence of panic in past month, incidence of panic in lifetime, panic disorder criteria, agoraphobia criteria).

Item Coding

The AXEQ consists of 54 items divided into 3 parts.

 

Part A items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale as follows:

 

Not at all typical of me

 

 

 

Very typical of me

1

2

3

4

5

 

Part B items are rated on a 9-point Likert scale as follows:

 

Would not avoid it

 

Slightly avoid it

 

Definitely avoid it

 

Markedly avoid it

 

Always avoid it

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

 

Scales

The AXEQ yields 10 primary scales and 2 total scores.  Description of the scales and item loadings are listed below.  Scale scores are calculated as the sum of respective items.  Underlined/bold items are reverse scored.

 

Scale Name (Abbr.)

Description
Item loadings

AXEQ_PSWQ

Total score for Worry Questionnaire

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16

AXEQ_PHQ

Total score for Phobia Questionnaire

17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31

AXEQ_AGO

Agoraphobia score, Phobia Questionnaire

20,21,23,27,30

AXEQ_BLD

Blood Phobia score, Phobia Questionnaire

17,19,25,28,31

AXEQ_SOC

Social Phobia score, Phobia Questionnaire

18,22,24,26,29

AXEQ_PAT DSM-IIIR

Presence of panic attack

32

AXEQ_PAS DSM-IIIR

# of panic attack symptoms experienced

33-46

AXEQ_UNX DSM-IIIR

Unexpected panic attack

47

AXEQ_MPA DSM-IIIR

Most unexpected PA in any given month

48

AXEQ_LPA DSM-IIIR

# of unexpected PA in lifetime

49

AXEQ_PDO DSM-IIIR

Panic disorder criteria

50,51,52

AXEQ_AGD DSM-IIIR

Agoraphobia criteria

53,54

 

Resource Files

·       Questionnaire

·       CIDA Item file

·       CIDA Scoring file

·        SPSS Scoring Syntax file

References

Meyer, T. J., Miller, M.L., Metzger, R.L., & Borkovec, Thomas D (1990). Development and validation of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire. Behaviour Research & Therapy, 28(6),487-495.

 

Created by Jacky Diaz

 Updated on 3/3/02