We (group of researchers and students) want to measure a baseline of anxiety expectancy in children (8-13 years old), and their level of anxiety expectancy after treatment. We're looking for a validated instrument (e.g. a questionnaire) to measure this. Can anyone advise us on such an instrument? Thanks in advance!
You might check out the methods section and bibliography of the following article.
Trait emotional intelligence is related to risk-taking through negative mood and anticipated fear.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000247
By Panno, Angelo; Anna Donati, Maria; Chiesi, Francesca; Primi, Caterina
Social Psychology, Vol 46(6), 2015, 361-367.
Existing research showed that negative mood and the anticipated fear of bad outcomes lead people to prefer risk-averse tendencies, and these effects have often been implicitly considered as a universal phenomenon. Nevertheless, interactionist accounts emphasized the importance of both person and situation in predicting outcomes. We aimed to prove whether trait Emotional Intelligence (EI; a person’s characteristic) was related to risk-taking through factors naturally occurring in decision-making processes (i.e., negative mood and anticipated fear). One hundred fifty-eight participants completed the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), the anticipated fear rating and the hot-Columbia Card Task (CCT; a risk-taking measure), 1 month following assessment of trait EI. Results showed that negative mood and anticipated fear were two simultaneous mediators of the relationship between trait EI and risk-taking. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Whatever instrument you use, you should keep in mind that any measurement tool is validated for a particular population and context. Thus, you should collect and check the validation at the very least.
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