Citation

Beck AT, Steer RA, Beck JS. Anxiety Stress Coping 1993; 6(1): 43-55.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10615809308249531

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

To ascertain whether psychiatric outpatients can be classified into distinct types according to their self-reported symptoms of anxiety, the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was administered to 655 outpatients diagnosed with DSM-III-R anxiety disorders. Cluster analysis identified three internally consistent subscales representing subjective, somatic, and panic symptoms. Further analysis revealed six types of outpatients reflecting below average, panic-subjective, low subjective, low somatic-panic, above average, and subjective-somatic anxiety. The types were differentiated with respect to age, primary diagnosis, clinically rated anxiety, and both self-reported and clinically rated depression.