Validation of the Approach-Avoidance Temperament Questionnaire in Individuals with Anxiety and Depression.

ABSTRACT: The Approach-Avoidance Temperament Questionnaire (ATQ) is a well-established measure assessing heightened sensitivity and reactivity to reward/positive stimuli (approach temperament) and to punishment/negative stimuli (avoidance temperament). These basic dimensions of personality are believed to be important for understanding the etiology and maintenance of anxiety and depressive disorders. Despite the ATQ's potential utility in clinical psychology research, its psychometric properties and factor structure have yet to be examined in a psychiatric sample. The aims of the present study were to 1) conduct confirmatory factor analysis to replicate the ATQ's factor structure in individuals diagnosed with an anxiety or depressive disorder (N = 244), 2) assess internal consistency and conv

SUBMITTER: Rassaby M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11582082 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature