TABLE 10.

The mean and standard deviation for the PSWQ-8 and its individual items and their correlations to the language-trained scale and the language-predicted valence scale from the worry word responses.

PSWQ-8 items	M	SD	Language-trained PSWQ-8	Language-predicted valence	Partial correlation controlling for valence
PSWQ-8 total	25.01	0.87	0.66***	−0.54***	0.46***
Item 1 (worries are overwhelming)	0.97	0.97	0.59***	−0.49***	0.39***
Item 2 (worrying about situations)	3.15	1.38	0.56***	−0.45***	0.39***
Item 3 (worrying about different things)	3.24	1.41	0.61***	−0.51***	0.40***
Item 4 (pressure, worry)	3.39	1.32	0.56***	−0.46***	0.37***
Item 5 (always worrying)	3.03	1.43	0.59***	−0.49***	0.39***
Item 6 (after completing a task, worrying about the next one)	2.96	1.36	0.56***	−0.45***	0.38***
Item 7 (worrier all my life)	3.08	1.47	0.52***	−0.42***	0.34***
Item 8 (worrying about things)	3.21	1.38	0.63***	−0.55***	0.39***

N = 411.

***Indicates p < 0.001.

Pearson correlation, using Holms correction for multiple comparison. M and SD are the mean and standard deviation, respectively.

Ww, worry words; PSWQ-8, Penn State Worry Questionnaire Abbreviated, with item numbers corresponding to the order in Crittendon and Hopko (2006); Partial correlation controlling for valence = Partialling out the language predicted valance between the correlation of the language-trained PSWQ score and the observed PSWQ score.