MODIFICATION OF THE CATASTROPHIC COGNITIONS QUESTIONNAIRE (CCQ-M) FORNORMALS AND PATIENTS - EXPLORATORY AND LISREL ANALYSES

The recently developed Catastrophic Cognition Questionnaire (CCQ) was further investigated using both student and anxiety patient samples. L ISREL confirmatory factor analyses was used. The results showed that t he CCQ could be explained by a three-factor oblique solution. These ar e Emotional Catastrophes, Physical Catastrophes, and Mental Catastroph es. The modified version of CCQ (CCQ-M) revealed good internal consist ency, test-retest reliability and concurrent validity. It has also goo d discriminant validity. The CCQ-M can therefore be used with both nor mal and anxiety-disordered patients.