Psychometric evaluation of the English version of the Extended Post-event Processing Questionnaire.
BACKGROUND
The importance of post-event processing (PEP) in prominent models of social anxiety disorder has led to the development of measures that tap this cognitive construct. The 17-item Extended Post-event Processing Questionnaire (E-PEPQ) is one of the most comprehensive measures of PEP developed to date. However, the measure was developed in German and the psychometric properties of the English version of the E-PEPQ have not yet been examined.


METHODS
The current study examined the factor structure, internal consistency, and construct validity of the English version of the E-PEPQ.


METHODS
English-speaking participants (N = 560) completed the English version of the E-PEPQ, a measure of social anxiety and a measure of depression.


RESULTS
A 15-item version of the E-PEPQ with a correlated three-factor structure (referred to as the E-PEPQ-15) emerged as the best fitting model using confirmatory factor analyses, and the E-PEPQ-15 and its subscales demonstrated good internal consistency. The E-PEPQ-15 and two of its three subscales also had significantly stronger positive associations with the social anxiety measure than with the depression measure.


CONCLUSIONS
The psychometric properties of the E-PEPQ-15 obtained in the current study justify the use of the measure in research, particularly in the domain of social anxiety.
a Department of Psychology, Centre for Emotional Health , Macquarie University , Sydney , NSW 2109 , Australia.
Quincy J J
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D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult
assessment; cognition; post-event processing; repetitive thinking; social anxiety