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.

scholarly journals Heightened anxiety state among parents of sick children attending emergency department using State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hashim Embong ◽  
Chiew Yuen Ting ◽  
Muhamad Supi Ramli ◽  
Husyairi Harunarashid
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Psychosocial Factor ◽  
Anxiety Score ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Parental Anxiety ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Sick Children

Background: The anxiety and stress level of both parent and child seeking treatment at the emergency department is assumed to be high. However, it is rarely quantified as to ascertain any need for intervention. Objective: The study seeks to quantify anxiety of parents accompanying sick children presenting acutely to the emergency department and to explore possible pre-visit factors that may contribute to anxiety. Methods: A 12-month cross-sectional study was conducted at the Emergency Department, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre. All parents accompanying a child presenting to the study location, fitting the inclusion and exclusion criteria, were invited to participate. Parents required to fill a self-administered questionnaire on anxiety, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and any related factors that can influence anxiety. Results: A total of 233 subjects were recruited. The mean state anxiety score was 53.48 ± 11.36, compared to the mean score for trait anxiety of 39.85 ± 7.66, suggesting a heightened state of anxiety. Majority of subjects (65.7%) had reported clinically detected anxiety as defined by state anxiety score above 49. There was no significant association between parental anxiety level with pre-visit factors: children’s age, duration of illness, the presence of co-morbidities, time of presentation, prior medical contact and primary care referral. The child’s state of illness was the dominant psychosocial factor associated with parental anxiety reported by the subjects. Conclusion: Parental anxiety upon arrival appeared to be significantly higher than expected, suggesting intervention may be needed.

Note on the Validity of the Dutch State-Trait Anxiety Inventory with Surgical Patients

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 1333-1334
Author(s):  
Jacqueline M. J. Smorenburg ◽  
C. Kors Van Der Ent ◽  
Benno Bonke
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
The State ◽  
Surgical Patients ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Dutch Version ◽  
Before And After ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety

The present study assessed the test-retest scores of a Dutch version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory before and after surgery. The State and Trait-Anxiety scales of a Dutch version were administered to 159 surgical patients on the day before the operation and again three days later. After surgery, a significant decrease was found in State Anxiety and anxiety assessed by the two subscales within this scale, i.e., State Anxiety present and State Anxiety absent. Trait anxiety decreased only slightly.

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.

Comeditation: An Exploratory Study of Pulse and Respiration Rates and Anxiety

1992 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 895-904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Fasko ◽  
Geri Hall ◽  
Michael R. Osborne ◽  
Richard W. Boerstler Hulen Kornfeld
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Tibetan Medicine ◽  
Focus Attention ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Inventory Analysis ◽  
Respiration Rates ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Seriously Ill

To achieve deep relaxation in seriously ill persons, Tibetan medicine has employed a breathing process, known as “comeditation,” which requires a caregiver to focus attention on the chest of the reclining patient while making a sound or number keyed to the patient's exhalation. This study investigated the relationship between state and trait anxiety and lowered respiratory rate, using the comeditation procedure. Ten subjects were assigned randomly to either a control or comeditation group. Anxiety was measured on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Analysis indicated a decrease in State-Anxiety scores in the comeditation group, but no differences between groups in pulse and respiration rates or trait anxiety. Implications for theory and research are discussed.

Effects of Defensiveness on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

1978 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Redfering ◽  
John G. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The State ◽  
Ego Strength ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Stressful Environment ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety ◽  
University Seniors

105 Naval Aviation Officer Cadets and 105 male university seniors were administered on one occasion the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Barron Ego Strength Scale, and the MMPI K Scale as measures of psychological defensiveness. It was expected that the cadets who were in a highly stressful environment would score higher on state anxiety and psychological defensiveness. In contrast to the impressive accumulation of research showing that the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory can discriminate between state and trait anxiety in a contrived situation, in this study the inventory did not differentiate between the two dimensions when tested in vivo. Moreover, increased defensiveness related negatively with reported anxiety levels. It was suggested that the authors of the inventory include a “correction” factor (measure of defensiveness) to attenuate the inventory's vulnerability to distortion by defensive subjects.

State and trait anxiety in children with incontinence and their parents

2021 ◽  
pp. 135910452110331
Author(s):  
Justine Hussong ◽  
Alisha Rosenthal ◽  
Annelie Bernhardt ◽  
Sara Fleser ◽  
Miriam Langenbeck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Diagnostic Interview ◽  
The State ◽  
Control Group ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety

Background Maternal anxiety increases the risk for incontinence in children. The aim was to analyze anxiety in children with incontinence and their parents before (t1) and after 6 months of incontinence treatment (t2). Methods 40 children with incontinence and 40 controls completed the State-trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, their parents the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the State-trait Anxiety Inventory at baseline (t1) and 6 months later (follow-up, t2). Psychiatric disorders were assessed by a standardized parental diagnostic interview (Kinder-DIPS), IQ was tested by a one-dimensional test. All children were neurologically examined. Children with incontinence underwent a guideline-based treatment during the 6 months. Results At baseline, child and parental state and trait anxiety scores, as well as all CBCL scores were significantly higher in the patient group compared to the control group. At t2, parental anxiety, CBCL scores, and child trait anxiety were significantly higher in patients versus controls, whereas child state anxiety decreased, and parental state anxiety increased from t1 to t2. Conclusions Incontinence and anxiety are associated. While state anxiety decreases, trait anxiety can remain stable over time. Higher levels of anxiety can influence incontinence treatment and should be assessed in every patient.

Life Stress, Locus of Control, and State and Trait Anxiety

1975 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 413-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen B. Manuck ◽  
James J. Hinrichsen ◽  
Elizabeth O. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Life Change ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety

In a study of the relationships between measures of life stress, locus of control and anxiety, 129 undergraduates were administered Jacobs' Life Change Inventory (Category A), Rotter's Locus of Control questionnaire and Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Highly stressed Ss reported greater state and trait anxiety than Ss of low stress. Highly stressed internals did not differ from highly stressed externals on either anxiety measure, while externals of low stress reported significantly more state anxiety than internals of low stress.

Rorschach Correlates of State and Trait Anxiety in College Students

1987 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 539-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Martin ◽  
Garland E. Blair ◽  
Debra J. Hatzel
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Personality Characteristic ◽  
Repeated Measure ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety ◽  
Definition Of

This study was done to determine whether Elizur's anxiety scoring ( AL) for Rorschach content was correlated to scores on Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The definition of anxiety presented by Elizur implies that his technique measures anxiety as a long-term, relatively stable personality characteristic rather than a transitory emotional state, but no research has shown whether AL was correlated with state and/or trait anxiety as defined and measured by Spielberger. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was administered in small groups to 40 college students with a repeated measure of STAI State-anxiety and the Rorschach given individually following a delay of at least five days. Analysis indicated that the STAI Trait-anxiety measure correlated significantly with AL. Test-retest correlations for STAI State-anxiety measures and STAI State- and Trait-anxiety measures obtained in the same testing session were significant. State-anxiety scores obtained just prior to Rorschach testing were related to STAI Trait-anxiety scores and initial STAI State-anxiety scores correlated with AL.

scholarly journals ingkat Kecemasan Pasien Post Operasi yang Mengalami Fraktur Ekstremitas

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seviya Gani Maisyaroh ◽  
Urip Rahayu ◽  
Siti Yuyun Rahayu
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
School Level ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Consecutive Sampling ◽  
Anxiety Trait ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety

Kecemasan merupakan salah satu masalah psikologis yang dialami oleh pasien fraktur ekstremitas setelah dilakukannya pembedahan. Kecemasan yang tidak teratasi akan berdampak pada lamanya proses penyembuhan, akan tetapi data kecemasan pasien post operasi masih belum jelas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat kecemasan pasien post operasi fraktur ekstremitas berdasarkan karakteristik pasien. Metode dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kuantitatif dengan jumlah sampel 46 orang yang diambil dengan teknik consecutive sampling. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory). Tingkat kecemasan dikategorikan menjadi ringan, sedang, dan berat. didapatkan bahwa state anxiety paling banyak berada pada tingkat sedang 54,3% dan trait anxiety paling banyak berada pada tingkat ringan 60,9%. Terdapat 46,4% responden yang memiliki state anxiety sedang berasal dari trait anxiety ringan. Berdasarkan karakteristik baik pada state anxiety ataupun trait anxiety, kecemasan berat dialami oleh pasien usia dewasa awal, perempuan, berpendidikan terakhir SMP dan SMA, bekerja sebagai pegawai swasta, belum pernah menjalani operasi sebelumnya, lokasi fraktur pada bagian ekstremitas bawah, dan merasakan nyeri sedang. Kondisi post operasi fraktur ekstremitas menjadi faktor yang dapat memengaruhi kecemasan. Terlihat dari pasien yang memiliki state anxiety yang sedang, memiliki trait anxiety yang ringan. Maka disarankan bagi perawat untuk melakukan pengkajian dan penanganan kecemasan terhadap state anxiety dan trait anxiety.Kata kunci: Fraktur ekstremitas, post operasi, state anxiety, trait anxiety.Anxiety Levels of Patients with Extremity Fractures after SurgeryAbstractAnxiety is one of the psychological problems experienced by patients with extremity fractures after undergoing surgery. Anxiety that is not managed well will have an impact on the recovery process. However, anxiety in patients with extremity fractures is not well understood. The aim of this study was to determine the anxiety level of patients with extremity fractures after surgery based on the patients’ characteristics. This study used descriptive quantitative method. Fourty six patients were recruited in this study by consecutive sampling technique. The data was collected by STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) quetionnaires. Anxiety levels were categorized into mild, moderate, and severe. The results showed that 54.3% of patients experienced state anxiety at a moderate level, and 60.9% had trait anxiety at a mild level. There were 46.4% of the patients whose moderate state anxiety originated from mild trait anxiety. Based on the characteristics of both state and trait anxiety, severe anxiety was experienced by young adults, women, patients with secondary school-level educational background, private employees, patients who have never had surgery before, patients with lower extremity fractures and patients in moderate pain. The postoperative state of extremity fractures is a factor that affects anxiety. Patients who had moderate state anxiety were found to also have mild trait anxiety.  Thus, assessment and intervention of anxiety should be conducted on both state and trait anxiety.  Key words: Extremity fracture, post-operative, state anxiety, trait anxiety.

scholarly journals The impact of anxiety on sexual satisfaction in menopausal women

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 2722
Author(s):  
Tulay Kavlak ◽  
Filiz Hisar
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Satisfaction ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Age Group ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Menopausal Women ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderate Positive Correlation

Purpose:This study was carried out in order to determine the anxiety levels of menopausal women on their sexual satisfaction.Method and material:This descriptive study. The study was carried out at a menopause clinic of a state hospital between June and August 2011. Data were collected by questionnaire: the Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS) and the State Trait Anxiety Inventory.     Results:The mean age of the participants was 49.2±7.6 years old and nearly half of the women 46-50 age group. Half of the women in our sample had a chronic disease, 46.4% of women had sexual intercourse twice a week and 85.1% of them were housewives.  In our research it was found that the women’s sexual satisfaction was low, and their state anxiety levels were moderate level. There was a moderate positive correlation between the women’s sexual satisfaction scores and their anxiety levels. Increased levels of both state and trait anxiety in women reduces their sexual satisfaction. Conclusion:In this study, it was shown that women’s anxiety levels were middle and their sexual satisfactions were decreased during menopause. For this reason menopausal women’s should recommended give information about sexual and psychological consultancy services.

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