The issue of race within the context of psychological assessment is important, but often overlooked. Many self-report measures of psychopathology have been developed and validated using primarily White samples. Research regarding the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) and race has produced mixed results, which in turn may present challenges when comparing scores across racial groups. The current article sought to investigate the measurement invariance of the PSWQ and PSWQ-A (an abbreviated version) across four racial groups (White, Black, Asian, and Hispanic) in a sample of 2,489 undergraduate students. Confirmatory factor analysis of a one-factor structure illustrated poor fit across all racial groups for the full-length PSWQ. Two-factor and one-factor with method effects models of the full-length PSWQ each improved on the previous model fit, although the one-factor method effects model was limited by nonsalient factor loadings. Additionally, a separate confirmatory factor analysis indicated good fit for the PSWQ-A. Further analysis of the PSWQ-A suggested measurement invariance across all racial groups, as well as configural, metric, and scalar invariance. These findings advance the literature on the relationship between worry and race, suggesting that direct comparisons on the PSWQ-A between racial groups is appropriate.

心理评估背景下的种族问题很重要，但经常被忽视。许多精神病理学的自我报告测量已经开发和验证，主要使用白色样本。关于宾夕法尼亚州立大学担忧问卷 (PSWQ) 和种族的研究产生了不同的结果，这反过来又可能在比较不同种族群体的分数时带来挑战。当前的文章试图在 2,489 名本科生样本中调查四个种族群体（白人、黑人、亚裔和西班牙裔）的 PSWQ 和 PSWQ-A（缩写版本）的测量不变性。单因素结构的验证性因素分析表明，所有种族群体对全长 PSWQ 的拟合度不佳。全长 PSWQ 的二因素和一因素方法效应模型均在先前的模型拟合上有所改进，尽管单因素方法效应模型受到非显着因素载荷的限制。此外，单独的验证性因素分析表明 PSWQ-A 非常适合。对 PSWQ-A 的进一步分析表明所有种族群体的测量不变性，以及配置、度量和标量不变性。这些发现推进了有关担忧与种族之间关系的文献，表明直接比较种族群体之间的 PSWQ-A 是合适的。