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Internal Structure and Clinical Utility of the Anxiety Control Questionnaire-Revised (ACQ-R) Spanish Version

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2016

Jorge Osma ,
Juan Ramón Barrada Open the ORCID record for Juan Ramón Barrada [Opens in a new window] ,
Azucena García-Palacios Open the ORCID record for Azucena García-Palacios [Opens in a new window] ,
María Navarro-Haro  and
Alejandra Aguilar
Jorge Osma*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain)
Juan Ramón Barrada
Affiliation:
Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain)
Azucena García-Palacios
Affiliation:
Universitat Jaume I (Spain)
María Navarro-Haro
Affiliation:
Hospital General de Cataluña (Spain)
Alejandra Aguilar
Affiliation:
Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Jorge Osma. Universidad de Zaragoza – Psicología y Sociología. Teruel (Spain). E-mail: osma@unizar.es
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Abstract

Perceived control has shown predictive value for anxiety severity symptoms as well as cognitive-behavior therapy outcomes. The most commonly used measure of perceived control is the Anxiety Control Questionnaire (ACQ), and more recently the ACQ Revised (ACQ-R). However, both questionnaires have shown structural inconsistencies among several studies. Also, although the ACQ and ACQ-R seem to be multidimensional instruments, a single total score have been commonly used. This study examined the internal structure of the ACQ-R Spanish version using exploratory factor and exploratory bi-factor analysis in a sample of 382 college students and 52 people diagnosed of panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia). Also, in this study we assessed the preliminary diagnostic value of the ACQ-R scores. The results indicated that the ACQ-R Spanish version structure consisted of two factors: one related with perceived control of internal emotional reactions (Emotion Control) and another related with perceived control of external events (Threat and Stress Control). Both specific factors can be adequately summarized by a general factor (General Anxiety Perception of Control; CFI = .973, TLI = .954, RMSEA = .039; p = .002), which accounted for 70% of the common explained variance. The correlations between the ACQ-R scores and with variables like anxiety (r = –.66) or anxiety sensitivity (r = –.50) presented the expected pattern of results. Either the two dimensions structure or the total score have proved to be a good tool to distinguish between participants with panic disorder and non-clinical samples (area under the curve = 0.79).

Keywords

ACQ-Ranxiety controlanxiety disorderstest validation
Type
Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 19 , 2016 , E63
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2016 

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