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Beck Anxiety Inventory

BAIAnxiety Symptom Severity
21 items 1988 α 0.92–0.94 License required Beck, A.T., Epstein, N., Brown, G., & Steer, R.A.

What it measures

A widely used self-report measure of anxiety symptom severity developed to discriminate anxiety from depression. Items assess somatic and cognitive anxiety symptoms over the past week. Its somatic emphasis makes it particularly sensitive to panic disorder and generalist anxiety. Developed alongside the BDI as complementary depression and anxiety measures.

Representative items

Citation

Beck, A.T., Epstein, N., Brown, G., & Steer, R.A. (1988). An inventory for measuring clinical anxiety: Psychometric properties. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56(6), 893–897.

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