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JOURNAL OF ANXIETY DISORDERS
Volume 21, Issue 4, Pages 493-509Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.08.002
Keywords
driving phobia; cognition; panic disorder; social phobia; posttraumatic stress disorder; travel phobia
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- Wellcome Trust [069777] Funding Source: Medline
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Recent research has suggested that fear of driving is common in the general population. People may have various concerns when driving, and instruments for the assessment of these concerns are lacking. The present paper describes the development and preliminary evaluation of the Driving Cognitions Questionnaire (DCQ). The DCQ is a 20-item scale that measures three areas of driving-related concerns-panic-related, accident-related, and social concerns. In three separate samples from different countries (n = 69, 100, and 78), the scale showed good internal consistency and substantial correlations with measures of the severity of driving fear. It discriminated well between people with and without driving phobia. It also showed convergent validity with other measures. The questionnaire shows promise for use in research and clinical practice. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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