NORMATIVE VALUES FOR THE BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY, FEAR QUESTIONNAIRE, PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE, AND SOCIAL PHOBIA AND ANXIETY INVENTORY

Community norms are reported for the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI; A. T . Beck, N. Epstein, G. Brown, & R. A. Steer, 1988), Fear Questionnaire (FQ; L. M. Marks & A. Mathews, 1979), Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ; T. J. Meyer, M. L. Miller, R. L. Metzger, gr T. D. Borkovec, 19 90), and Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI; S. M. Turner, D. C . Beidel, C. V. Dancu, & M. A. Stanley, 1989). The demographic profile of the samples closely matched the 1990 U.S, national census. On the SPAI, women scored higher than men on the Agoraphobia subscale, and th e lowest income group scored higher than higher income participants on the Difference and Social Phobia subscales. Participants under 45 yea rs of age exceeded those aged 45-65 on the BAI, the PSWQ, and FQ Socia l Phobia, Blood/Injury, and Total Phobia scores. Percentile scores are provided for all measures, as well as discussion of their usefulness for assessing clinical significance of therapy outcomes.