Exploring the Effects of Tape-Recording on Personality Assessment

1999 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 869-872
Author(s):  
Alex I. Lichton ◽  
Charles A. Waehler
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Tape Recording ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Personality Assessments ◽  
Situational Anxiety ◽  
Assessment Measures ◽  
State Scale

This study examined the possible influence of audio and video recording of personality assessment measures on anxiety. Undergraduate students in psychology were randomly assigned to Audiotape, Videotape, or Control conditions and given the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Rorschach Inkblot Method. A one-way multivariate analysis of variance indicated no significant differences among these conditions on the Spielberger, et al. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, A-State scale, and five Rorschach measures of situational anxiety. Tape-recording itself did not seem to affect the anxiety indices of these frequently used personality assessments.

Relationship of State and Trait Anxiety to Grades in Educational Psychology

1977 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 705-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Joesting ◽  
George I. Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Educational Psychology ◽  
The State ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Course Grades ◽  
Before And After ◽  
State And Trait Anxiety ◽  
Relationship Of

101 undergraduate students in educational psychology were assigned the writing of their own examination items. The best and worst of these items were used to compose two forms of a classroom test. The students were administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory before and after taking both forms of this test. Students tended to score higher on the good items ( p < .05) and the more State Anxious students tended to have lower course grades.

Agreement for Surgical Patients on Two Instructional Situations for the State Anxiety Inventory

1983 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 536-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saskia Boeke ◽  
Benno Bonke ◽  
Hugo Duivenvoorden ◽  
Henk M. Van Der Ploeg
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Reconstructive Surgery ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
The State ◽  
Surgical Patients ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Dutch Version ◽  
State Scale ◽  
Instructional Situations

To measure the agreement between two modes of the state anxiety (A-State) scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, 67 plastic or reconstructive surgery patients completed a Dutch version of the A-State scale (DY) twice, both pre- and postoperatively. The instructions were “How do you feel right now,” followed by “How do you feel today.” Inconsistencies were found between the “now” version and “today” version on both measuring occasions.

Cautionary Note on the Use of Short State-Anxiety Measures

1978 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 633-634
Author(s):  
Robert Loo
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Cautionary Note ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Reported Study ◽  
Sole Criterion ◽  
State Scale ◽  
Selection Of

The report noted that the use of high item-remainder coefficients as the sole criterion in the selection of items for short state-anxiety scales from full scales can lead to inaccurate interpretation of results. It was demonstrated that the use of a four-item state-anxiety scale from the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory A-State scale based on high item-remainder coefficients changed relationships in a previously reported study which used full-scale scores. It was proposed that such changes in relationships were the result of selecting four items which happen to load on only one of three dimensions of the A-State scale. The criterion of high item-remainder coefficients alone may be inadequate in the formation of short state-anxiety scales.

Relationship between Trait Anxiety and Leisure Time Activities: A Comparison of the Unidimensional and Multidimensional Models of Anxiety

1982 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romeo Vitelli ◽  
Giora Ron Frisch
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Leisure Activity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Multidimensional Model ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Physical Danger ◽  
Multidimensional Models

97 undergraduate students were given the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the S-R Inventory of General Trait Anxiousness, and a leisure activity inventory to test the hypothesis that the multidimensional model of anxiety could account for the variance in reported leisure activity more adequately than did the unidimensional model. Analysis showed a significant variation in over-all leisure activity which correlated significantly with scores on the S-R Inventory measure of physical danger anxiety for both the 42 male and 55 female subjects. The findings which indicate support for the multidimensional model of anxiety are discussed and implications for future research noted.

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