Test: 21 questions to find out if you suffer from anxiety

Test: 21 questions to find out if you suffer from anxiety

Psychology

With the Beck anxiety inventory we will discover easily and quickly if we are mired in this mood disorder

El Beck Anxiety Inventory is a short self-administered questionnaire with great acceptance to measure anxiety in adults and adolescents, which has been used both in clinical evaluation and in basic research on a regular basis.

As the psychologist Beatriz Gil Bóveda says, the Inventory (BAI) was created by Aaron T. Beck in the 80s, and it is a 21-item multiple-choice questionnaire that measures the severity of current anxiety in adults and teenagers. It describes the emotional, physiological and cognitive symptoms of anxiety, being a very adequate test to discriminate anxiety from depression.

In the questionnaire there is a list of common symptoms of anxiety. Read each of the items carefully, and indicate how much it has affected you in the last week including today:

0 Absolutely.

1 Slightly.

2 Moderately

3 Severely.

1) Clumsy or numb. 0 1 2 3

2) Heated. 0 1 2 3

3) With trembling legs. 0 1 2 3

4) unable to relax. 0 1 2 3

5) With fear of the worst happening. 0 1 2 3

6) Dizzy, or head off. 0 1 2 3

7) With strong and racing heartbeat. 0 1 2 3

8) Unstable. 0 1 2 3

9) Scared or scared. 0 1 2 3

10) nervous. 0 1 2 3

11) With feeling of lock. 0 1 2 3

12) With tremors in the hands. 0 1 2 3

13) Restless, insecure. 0 1 2 3

14) With fear of losing control. 0 1 2 3

15) With a choking sensation. 0 1 2 3

16) In fear of dying. 0 1 2 3

17) With fear. 0 1 2 3

18) With digestive problems. 0 1 2 3

19) With fades. 0 1 2 3

20) With facial blush. 0 1 2 3

21) With sweats, hot or cold. 0 1 2 3

The psychologist reports that the Beck Anxiety Inventory can be used to assess and establish a baseline of anxiety, as an aid to clinical diagnosis, to detect the efficacy of treatment as it progresses, and as a post-treatment outcome measure.

Other advantages of the BAI include its quick and easy administration, repeatability, discrimination between symptoms of anxiety and depression, the ability to highlight the connection between mind and body in those who seek help to reduce their anxiety , and a proven validity in different languages, cultures and age groups.