scholarly journals Decision Making Under Chronic Stress and Anxiety: State and Trait Anxiety Impact Contextual Updating but not Feedback Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-103
Author(s):  
Juliet Rowe ◽  
Thomas Ferguson ◽  
Olave Krigolson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Chronic Stress ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Functional Changes ◽  
Reward Positivity ◽  
Feedback Learning ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety

Stress may alter executive functioning by causing structural and functional changes to the brain. Sub-optimal decisions made under high levels of stress and anxiety may act as a mediator for stress-related health effects. We examined the effect of three personality traits–chronic stress, state anxiety, and trait anxiety–on updating working memory and feedback learning across 330 participants, using electroencephalography (EEG). We hypothesized a decrease in P300 (updating working memory) and reward positivity (feedback learning) amplitudes with increasing chronic stress and anxiety scores. The three personality traits were not correlated with reward positivity amplitudes. Additionally, chronic stress had no effect on P300 amplitudes. However, state and trait anxiety were negatively correlated with P300 amplitudes. Anxiety appears to impact working memory processes, and this effect was amplified with decreasing anxiety score quantiles to reflect the tails of the distribution. Our results are evidence of the beginnings of a correlation between anxiety and the neural correlates of decision-making, offering insight into anxiety-related adverse health outcomes.

Anxious Rumination and Working Memory As Predictors of State and Trait Anxiety

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brianna M. Scott ◽  
Matthew G. Levy ◽  
Ashleigh F. Berman ◽  
Kasey Windnagel
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety

scholarly journals The Examination of the laboratory anxiety, state and trait anxiety of university students in high voltage laboratory

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 3439
Author(s):  
İbrahim Güneş ◽  
Zeliha Özsoy Güneş
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Electronic Engineering ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety

With this study were aimed the investigation of the state and trait anxiety levels of Electric-Electronic Engineering students on High Voltage Laboratory anxiety. This research is designed as relational scanning model. The samples of the study comprised 113 students from Electric-Electronic Engineering in Engineering Faculty. In the study; “High Voltage Laboratory Anxiety Scale” with three factors which was developed by Güneş and Özsoy-Güneş (2015) and “The State and Trait Anxiety Scale” was developed by Spielberger and his colleagues (1970), adapted to Turkish by Öner and Le Compte (1985) are used as tool of data collection. In order to analyze the data, SPSS 20.00, Pearson correlation coefficient techniques and regression analysis techniques are used. At the end of the study, between all scales has a positive relation. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the trait anxiety and laboratory anxiety of students has been found to be effective on the state anxiety of students.

Relation of State and Trait Anxiety to Essential Hypertension

1983 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary D. Foster ◽  
Susan T. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
The State ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety ◽  
The Relationship

This study used an objective measure of state and trait anxiety to clarify the relationship between level of anxiety and essential hypertension. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was administered to 30 hypertensives and their normotensive spouses. No significant differences were found between the hypertensives and normotensives on either measure of anxiety (state or trait). A significant correlation was noted, however, between the trait-anxiety scores of hypertensives and those of their spouses. The need to examine the role of anxiety in the development versus the maintenance of essential hypertension is discussed.

scholarly journals Determination of recreational activities participation levels and psycho-social status of the children under protected in Karaman province Determination of recreational activities participation levels and psycho-social status of the children under protected in Karaman provinceKaraman ili bünyesinde korunma altına alınan çocukların rekreatif faaliyetlere katılım düzeylerinin ve psiko-sosyal durumlarının belirlenmesi

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 459
Author(s):  
Sefa Şahan Birol ◽  
Veysel Temel ◽  
Elif Aydın
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
English Summary ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
Recreational Activities ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety

The aim of this research was to identify levels of participation in recreational activities in children living under the protection of children's shelter in Karaman province. Then, determine their decision making, trait anxiety and burnout levels in terms of psychosocial variables. In this qualitative study, research group consisted of 31 children between the ages of 7-18 who are protected in 6 children’s shelter which are under the control of the ministry of Family and Social Policies, coordination center of children’s shelter in Karaman. In the direction of expert guidance, the sampling group consisted of a house among 6 children’s shelter where children reside between the ages of 15-17 with 5 children capacity. Besides personal information questions, qualitative questions formed with the guidance of decision making scale, spielberger state and trait anxiety scale and maslach burnout inventory-student survey were asked the sampling group. Four themes which were recreation, decision making, trait anxiety and burnout were emerged after thematic content coding. Findings indicate that participants need more social and sportive recreational activities. Participants have positive mood, happy and their burnout level is low. They take their own decisions even they consult around people caring them. They also do not regret after their decisions. Despite they have no concern about their occupation in future due to their confidence themselves. They have nervouspsyschological structure because of their possible conflicts with their parents. Hence, it is possible that their anxiety and burnout levels can reach high level.Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetBu çalışmanın amacı, Karaman ili bünyesindeki çocuk evlerinde korunma altına alınan çocukların rekreatif faaliyetlere katılım düzeylerinin belirlenerek bu bağlamda, yaşamlarının psiko-sosyal açıdan incelenip, elde edilen verilere göre karar verme, sürekli kaygı ile tükenmişlik düzeylerini belirlemektir. Yapılan nitel araştırmada, çalışma grubunu, Karaman Aile ve Sosyal Politikalar İl Müdürlüğü, Çocuk Evleri Koordinasyon Merkezi bünyesinde oluşturulan 6 çocuk evinde koruma altına alınan 7-18 yaş aralığında toplam 31 çocuk oluşturmakta olup, örneklemini ise uzman yönlendirmesi doğrultusunda adı geçen 6 çocuk evi içerisinden 15-17 yaş aralığında çocukların ikamet ettiği ve toplamda 5 çocuk kapasiteli bir çocuk evi meydana getirmektedir. Çalışmada, kişisel bilgi formu, Melbourne Karar Verme Ölçeği, Spielberger Durumluk ve Sürekli Kaygı Ölçeği ve Maslach Tükenmişlik Envanteri-Öğrenci Formundan faydalanılarak hazırlanan sorular katılımcılara sözel olarak yöneltilmiştir. Yapılan tematik içerik kodlaması sonrasında rekreasyon, karar verme, sürekli kaygı ve tükenmişlik olarak dört tema oluşturulmuştur.Yapılan araştırma neticesinde; katılımcıların daha fazla sosyal ve sportif rekreatif aktivitelere ihtiyaç duydukları; kararlarını çevresinde önem verdiği kişilere danışmasına rağmen kendileri aldıkları ve bunun sonucunda pişman olmadıkları; genel anlamdatükenmişlik düzeylerinin düşük, mutlu ve olumlu bir ruh hali içerisinde oldukları ve kendilerine olan güvenleri doğrultusunda gelecekte edinecekleri meslek konusunda bir endişe taşımamalarına rağmen, aileleri ile ilgili yaşanılacak olumsuzluklar neticesinde, sinirli bir yapıya bürünüp bu hususla ilgili kaygı ve tükenmişlik düzeylerinin yüksek boyutlara ulaşabilme ihtimalinin olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

scholarly journals Moderators of the Relationships Between State and Trait Anxiety and Depersonalization

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noah J French ◽  
Jeremy William Eberle ◽  
Bethany Teachman
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Distress Tolerance ◽  
State Level ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Amazon Mechanical Turk ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Distress Intolerance ◽  
Trait Level ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety

Depersonalization is common in anxiety disorders, but little is known about the factors that influence co-occurring anxiety and depersonalization. We investigated trait moderators of the relationships between state and trait anxiety and depersonalization to better understand their co-occurrence and to identify potential points of intervention. Adults recruited on Amazon Mechanical Turk (N = 303) completed two computer tasks designed to increase variability in state anxiety and depersonalization as well as several self-report questionnaires. As hypothesized (preregistration: https://osf.io/xgazd/?view_only=56eba3dfb2b8454a97d3f66eb5217f7a), anxiety positively predicted depersonalization at both a state level, β = 0.43, 95% CI [0.39, 0.47], and a trait level, β = 0.60, 95% CI [0.51, 0.70]. Moreover, as hypothesized, the trait anxiety-trait depersonalization relationship was strengthened by greater anxiety sensitivity, β = 0.25, 95% CI [0.17, 0.34]; distress intolerance, β = 0.15, 95% CI [0.05, 0.25]; and negative interpretation bias for anxiety sensations (inverse transformed), β = -0.21, 95% CI [-0.30, -0.13], and for depersonalization sensations (inverse transformed), β = -0.27, 95% CI [-0.35, -0.19]. None of these hypothesized trait moderators significantly strengthened the state anxiety-state depersonalization relationship. These findings suggest that on a trait level, anxiety and depersonalization more frequently co-occur when people catastrophically misinterpret their symptoms or have lower emotional distress tolerance.

Locus of Control and Anxiety in Children from Intact and Maritally Disrupted Families

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 855-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. St-Yves ◽  
S. Dompierre ◽  
M. H. Freeston ◽  
C. Jacques ◽  
M. Malo
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Marital Disruption ◽  
External Control ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Intact Families ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety ◽  
Pearson Correlations

This study investigated the associations of Locus of Control (Children Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Control Scale) with state and trait anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children) in 302 children aged 9 to 12 yr. No significant differences were found between the groups. No significant correlations were found between the anxiety measures and externality for the 31 children from maritally disrupted families, but significant positive Pearson correlations were found for the 271 children of intact families. The results are discussed in terms of the possibility of under-reporting of marital disruption by children.

Alexithymia and anxiety: compounded relationships? A psychometric study

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 372-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Berthoz ◽  
S. Consoli ◽  
F. Perez-Diaz ◽  
R. Jouvent
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Partial Correlation ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Anxiety Trait ◽  
Partial Correlations ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety ◽  
Positive Correlations

SummaryThis study is a careful examination of the relationships between different components of the alexithymia construct and state versus trait anxiety. In order to study the relations between anxiety and alexithymia in a subclinical population, we administered to 125 female college students a test battery including measures of alexithymia (TAS26), state and trait anxiety (STAI) and depression (QD2A). Results indicated positive correlations between depression, anxiety (state and trait) and alexithymia scores. Partial correlations revealed a tight link between trait anxiety and alexithymia. Furthermore, in agreement with the view that alexithymia is a multidimensional construct, the various alexithymia dimensions were found to be diversely correlated with anxiety. On the basis of partial correlation analyses, a descriptive model of the relationships between depression, state anxiety, trait anxiety and alexithymia was postulated. This model was confirmed by pathways analyses.

Death Anxiety, State and Trait Anxiety in Kuwaitian Samples

1988 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 715-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek ◽  
Maher Mahmoud Omar
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The University

200 male and 277 female undergraduates at the University of Kuwait completed the Templer's Death Anxiety Scale and Spielberger, et al.'s State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for which retest reliabilities were adequate. Women had higher mean scores than men on death and trait anxiety but they were similar in state anxiety. The mean death anxiety score for Kuwaitians was very close to that of Egyptians. There was similarity in death anxiety between Kuwaitian and United States men, but not women. Significant differences appeared on trait anxiety, showing the order from low to high mean scores: United States, Kuwaitian, and Egyptian university students. Correlations among the scales were significant; however, the correlation between state and trait anxiety was higher than that between death anxiety and both state and trait anxiety for men and women. Death anxiety was associated more closely with trait than with state anxiety.

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