Multidimensional Anxiety Questionnaire (MAQ)

Purpose: Quickly screen for symptoms of anxiety

Age: 18 - 89 years

Time: 10 minutes

The Multidimensional Anxiety Questionnaire (MAQ) is a 40-item multidimensional self-report measure that provides a global assessment of anxiety symptomatology. A cut-off score identifies those with a clinically relevant level of anxiety symptomatology.

Four subscales measure specific anxiety domains:

1. Physiologic-Panic
2. Social Phobia
3. Worry-Fears
4. Negative Affectivity

As a specific measure of anxiety, the MAQ is useful in clinical situations either by itself or as part of a broader assessment.