Non-Productive Thoughts Questionnaire

Anxiety

How did you feel lately??
1.    I am often worried.
2.    When I have a problem‚ I often think “why me?
3.    It is difficult to forget bad things.
4.    Problems never worry me. I just solve them.
5.    When I have a problem‚ I can’t stop thinking about it.
6.    When I make a mistake‚ I am worried about what might happen.
7.    When I have a problem‚ I think about it all the time.
8.    When I try to deal with a problem‚ I am worried that I will only make things worse.
9.    When I have a problem‚ I often think about how bad it is.
10.When I don’t know exactly what is happening‚ I usually think that bad things will happen.
 
1 = not true‚ 2 = sometimes true‚ 3 = often true
 

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mohammad looti (2026). Non-Productive Thoughts Questionnaire. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/non-productive-thoughts-questionnaire/

mohammad looti. "Non-Productive Thoughts Questionnaire." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 19 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/non-productive-thoughts-questionnaire/.

mohammad looti. "Non-Productive Thoughts Questionnaire." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/non-productive-thoughts-questionnaire/.

mohammad looti (2026) 'Non-Productive Thoughts Questionnaire', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/non-productive-thoughts-questionnaire/.

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