to construction and standardization of the waiting anxiety questionnaire (waq) in iran.

objective: this study aimed to develop and validate a questionnaire to measure waiting anxiety . methods: this was a cross-sectional study. extensive review of literature and expert opinions were used to develop and validate the waiting anxiety questionnaire. a sample of 321 participants was recruited through random cluster sampling (n= 190 iranian men and n= 131 women). the participants filled out waq, the speilberger‘s state-trait anxiety inventory (stai), burtner rating scale (brs) and eysenk personality questionnaire (epq) for adults . results: internal consistency of waq was revealed, meaning that all the 20 items were highly correlated with the total score. the cronbach alpha equaled 0.83 for the waiting anxiety questionnaire . the pearson correlation coefficient of the questionnaire with the stai, brs and extraversion and neuroticism subscales of epq was 0.65, 0.78, - 0.47 and 0.43, respectively, which confirmed its convergent and divergent validity. factors analysis extracting four cognitive, behavior l, sentimental and physiological factors could explain 67% of the total variance with an eigen value of greater than 1. conclusion: our findings suggest that waq possesses appropriate validity and reliability to measure the individuals’ anxiety during the waiting time .