Psychometric Properties of the French Version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (form Y) Adapted for Older Adults

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphane Bouchard ◽  
Hans Ivers ◽  
Janel G. Gauthier ◽  
Marie-Hélène Pelletier ◽  
Josée Savard
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
French Version ◽  
Standard Version ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

ABSTRACTAlthough there are reports that the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) should be adapted to older adults, the standard version of the instrument is consistently used with this population. Bouchard, Gauthier, Ivers and Paradis (1996) have adapted a French version of the STAI for a population of older adults and found one item with extremely low item-remainder correlation. In Study 1 (N = 57), alternative formulations of item 24 were assessed to examine if the low item-remainder correlation was related to problems in translation that could become apparent in a sample of older adults. Study 2 (N= 188) was conducted in order to replicate the findings of Study 1 and assess the factor structure of the instrument. In Study 3, 46 older adults completed the instrument on two occasions with a 35-day interval to assess test-retest reliability. Our results suggest that: (a) item 24 should be removed from the trait anxiety scale and be replaced by the mean of the other anxiety-present items; (b) the instrument has a four-factor structure similar to what is found with the standard version of the STAI in nonelderly samples; and (c) both subscales are highly stable.

Chilean Experimental Version of the State-Trait Depression Questionnaire (ST–DEP): State Subscale (S–DEP)

2010 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Vera-Villarroel ◽  
Gualberto Buela-Casal ◽  
Izabela Zych ◽  
Natalia Córdova-Rubio ◽  
Karem Celis-Atenas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
The State ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Important Health ◽  
State Depression

Depression is the most prevalent mental disorder and one of the most important health problems in Chile. The current study shows data for validity and reliability of the State subscale (S–DEP) of the Chilean experimental version of the State-Trait Depression Questionnaire (ST–DEP). The procedure conducted with the original version of the questionnaire was replicated on a sample of 300 university students. The utilized measures were the State Depression Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and neutral depressive, mild depressive, and moderate depressive vignettes. Results indicated that the factor structure was replicable, the internal consistency was good, and the situations were ranked as expected. The scale distinguishes intensities of depression. Clinicians and researchers in Chile are provided with a new measure for state depression.

Positive and Negative Affect in the Factor Structure of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Japanese Workers

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 651-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noboru Iwata ◽  
Norio Mishima ◽  
Takashi Shimizu ◽  
Tetsuya Mizoue ◽  
Machiko Fukuhara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
The State ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Japanese Adult ◽  
Japanese Workers ◽  
Scree Test ◽  
Promax Rotation

The factor structure of Form Y of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y) was examined with 1,862 Japanese adult workers (1,509 men, 353 women). The initial principal component analysis extracted three factors based on the scree test. All 20 state (S-Anxiety) and 20 trait (T-Anxiety) items had dominant salient loadings on the first factor, which reflected “over-all anxiety.” The three factors identified by an oblique (promax) rotation were labeled “anxiety-absent,” “state anxiety-present,” and “trait anxiety-present.” All 20 items with dominant salient loadings on the first oblique factor were clearly grouped on the basis of their content, indicating the absence of anxiety. The second and third oblique factors, defined almost entirely by the STAI-Y anxiety-present items, clearly reflected the state-trait distinction in this sample of Japanese workers.

Reliability of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

1977 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
George F. Nixon ◽  
John C. Steffeck
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
The State ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Anxiety Trait ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

The test/retest reliability of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was studied utilizing 49 male freshman medical students. Test/retest reliabilities were obtained for three periods of administration, August-April, August-July, and April-July (8 mo., 11 mo., and 3 mo. respectively). As predicted for anxiety-state, low reliabilities were obtained. Anxiety trait reliabilities varied from .539 to .292. This trend of moderate to low reliabilities over relatively long periods of time may cause researchers to be cautious about long-term predictive reliabilities of anxiety trait.

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.

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