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A Preliminary Measure of Existential Anxiety

Good, Lawrence R., Good, Katherine C.·1974·Psychological Reports
DOI 10.2466/pr0.1974.34.1.72
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Abstract

The development of a preliminary 32-item, self-report measure of existential anxiety is described. The measure yielded a reliability estimate (KR-20) of .89 for a sample of 237 undergraduates. A hypothesized inverse relationship between existential anxiety and need for achievement was confirmed, whereas a hypothesized inverse relationship between existential anxiety and test anxiety was not.

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Authors
Good, L. R., & Good, K. C.
Affiliations
Middle Tennessee State University (US)
Venue
Psychological Reports
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1974-02
Volume
34
Issue
1
Pages
72-74
ISSN
  • 0033-2941 (ISSN-L)
  • 1558-691X
DOI
10.2466/pr0.1974.34.1.72
OpenAlex
W1988526053
Cited by
29
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0
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2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 3
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0.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Psychological Reports (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
Keywords
existential anxiety, self-report measures, need for achievement, test anxiety, scale development, psychometric reliability, undergraduate students
MeSH terms
Achievement, Anxiety, Existentialism, Female, Humans, Male, Personality Assessment, Self Concept

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Good, L. R., & Good, K. C. (1974). A Preliminary Measure of Existential Anxiety. Psychological Reports. https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1974.34.1.72