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Validity Studies the "Things I Worry about" Scale: Further Developments in Surveying the Worries of Postprimary School Pupils

University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

Mary Gallagher

University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

The present article reports further findings relating to the "Things I Worry About" Scale as a method of recording the self-expressed personal. and social concerns of adolescent school pupils. A revised 138-item scale that encompasses 13 categories of worry was administered to a sample of 3,983 young people between 13 and 19 years of age, all of whom were attending postprimary schools throughout Northern Ireland. Compared with previous findings, the results suggest a slightly modified 13-category structure and provide preliminary evidence of content validity. The findings also indicate that the scale reflects a number of predictable differences in the domain of adolescent concerns.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 56, No. 6, 972-994 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/0013164496056006005


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