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Validation of the State-Trait Distinction in Anxiety Research

Gaudry, Eric, Vagg, Peter, Spielberger, Charles D.·1975·Multivariate Behavioral Research

Abstract

High school and university students were given Sarason's Test Anxiety Scale for Children, an intelligence test, and the A-State and A-Trait Scales of Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The STAI A-Stake Scale was administered under one non-stress and two stress conditions to both groups of subjects. A factor analysis of the data for the high school students identified six factors: trait anxiety; t h e e separate state anxiety factors, corresponding to each of the three administrations of the A-State Scale; a reversed-item factor; and an ability factor. A similar factor pattern emerged for the university students. The results were interpreted as providing evidence of the importance of situational stress in evoking anxiety states, and strong support for the slate-trait distinction in anxiety research.

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  • Barnes et al. (2002) found test-retest correlations ranging from 0.82 to 0.94 for trait anxiety and 0.34 to 0.96 for state anxiety.

    “Problems with this style of assessment were shown in Barnes etal. (2002) reliability investigation of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI; Gaudry etal., 1975), which found a test-retest correlation ranging from 0.82 to 0.94 for trait anxiety, and 0.34 to 0.96 for state anxiety.”

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Authors
Gaudry, E., Vagg, P., & Spielberger, C. D.
Venue
Multivariate Behavioral Research
Published
1975-07
Volume
10
Issue
3
Pages
331-341
ISSN
  • 0027-3171 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7906
OpenAlex
W2032780142
Cited by
260
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Multivariate Behavioral Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
state anxiety, trait anxiety, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, situational stress, factor structure, high school students, university students, intelligence testing

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