Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
About: This scale is a self-report measure of anxiety.
Reliability: Internal consistency for the BAI = (Cronbach’s a=0.92)
Test-retest reliability (1 week) for the BAI = 0.75 (Beck, Epstein, Brown, & Steer, 1988)
Validity: The BAI was moderately correlated with the revised Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (.51),
and mildly correlated with the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (.25) (Beck et al., 1988).
Scoring:
The total score is calculated by finding the sum of the 21 items.
Score of 0-21 = low anxiety
Score of 22-35 = moderate anxiety
Score of 36 and above = potentially concerning levels of anxiety