Adaptation de l'inventaire d'anxiété situationnelle et de trait d'anxiété aux personnes âgées de 65 ans et plus (IASTA-Y65 +)

1996 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 500-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphane Bouchard ◽  
Janel Gauthier ◽  
Hans Ivers ◽  
Jacqueline Paradis
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Verbal Report ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
The State ◽  
Personnes Âgées ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Verbal Reports ◽  
Scale Item

ABSTRACTThis article reports on two studies that describe the adaptation of Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (form Y) for people aged 65 and older. The aim of the first study is to assess the necessity to modify the format of the STAI for the aged. Verbal reports of 22 subjects suggest difficulties reading the items, respecting the instructions and using the Likert scale. Item-remainder correlations supported these observations. Therefore, the size of the text was doubled and the state or trait instructions, as well as the choices of the Likert scale, were repeated in each item. A second study is carried out to test if these modifications enhanced the understanding of the items, and simplified the use of the STAI-Y. Verbal report and internal consistency showed a significant improvement. Our results support the recommendation of other authors that adapting an instrument for the elderly necessitates important modifications.

Application of the μ Index to the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 860-862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Logan ◽  
Robert Loo
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
The State ◽  
Affective States ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory

Various measures of internal consistency were used in the calculation of Howarth's μ index for the state and trait scales of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. The results suggested that Howarth's μ is a useful index to assess state scales and to differentiate state scales from trait scales at least in the case of this inventory. Caution is urged, however, in its use with other measures which are not so well validated as this and with affective states not so well researched as anxiety.

scholarly journals Psychometric properties of a new short version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) for the assessment of anxiety in the elderly

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 352-358
Author(s):  
M.A. Fernández-Blázquez ◽  
M. Ávila-Villanueva ◽  
J.A. López-Pina ◽  
M.A. Zea-Sevilla ◽  
B. Frades-Payo
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The State ◽  
Short Version ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory

Reliability of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Form Y in Japanese Samples

1999 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 494-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noboru Iwata ◽  
Norio Mishima
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
The State ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
American University ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Using Data

The internal consistency of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Form Y was examined using data collected from Japanese participants by five diverse surveys, in which one included American university students. Cronbach coefficient α was calculated separately for state and trait items as well as for anxiety-present and -absent items. The internal consistency was higher for the anxiety-absent items than those of the state and trait anxiety items, but this tendency was not clear for the anxiety-present items. The trait anxiety items showed the lowest internal consistency for all Japanese groups, whereas the anxiety-present items showed the lowest a for American university students. It can be considered that this difference might induce the difference in two-factor structure between Japanese and people in Western countries.

scholarly journals Support for the Reliability and Validity of a Six-Item State Anxiety Scale Derived From the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Tluczek ◽  
Jeffrey B. Henriques ◽  
Roger L. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
The State ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Patient Anxiety ◽  
Time Points ◽  
State Form

Identifying the most efficient and theoretically appropriate methods to assess patient anxiety in fast-paced medical environments may be beneficial for clinical purposes as well as for research. The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of two previously published six-item versions of the State form of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and to identify the version that would be most appropriate to use with a sample of parents who had infants with normal or abnormal newborn screens. In the current study, confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to evaluate the fit of the two six-item forms with STAI data collected at three time points from 288 parents of 150 infants. Study groups of parents were based upon infant newborn screens and subsequent diagnostic testing to include cystic fibrosis (CF; n = 26), congenital hypothyroidism (CH; n = 39), CF Carriers (CF–C; n = 45), and healthy infants (H; n = 40). The results showed the version containing items 1, 3, 6, 15, 16, and 17 of the State form of the STAI to be a better fitting model across all three time points, and it had better internal consistency than the version containing items 5, 9, 10, 12, 17, and 20. Both short forms were highly correlated with the 20-item STAI score, and all internal consistency reliabilities were greater than .90. It was concluded that the version containing items 1, 3, 6, 15, 16, and 17 of the State Anxiety scale was a reliable and valid instrument for this study sample.

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