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Peer reviewedJohnsen, E. P.; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1983
Examined responses on both state and trait scales of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory as a function of experimenter instructions, in a role-playing situation involving 185 students. Confirmed the hypothesis that subjects would respond consistently on the A-Trait scale, while demonstrating increased levels of A-state. (JAC)
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Emotional Response, Higher Education
Hedl, John J., Jr. – 1979
Kindergarten, first, second, third and fourth grade disadvantaged Black children were given the A-State and A-Trait scales of Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAIC). For the grades K-2 samples, the STAIC A-State scale was administered under two stress conditions: mathematics and communication achievement tests. The…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anxiety, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth
Hedl, John J., Jr. – 1982
The Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI) and worry and emotionality items from the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) (Form Y) were administered to college students from three metropolitan colleges as part of several psychological experiments. The TAI was administered to a total of 543 students, and the STAI A-State items were administered twice to a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Factor Structure, Higher Education, Personality Measures
Download full textTracy, D. B.; And Others
Responses on both the state and trait scales of the State-Trait Anxiety (STAI) Inventory were examined under two conditions. The first condition presented a simulated real-life situation containing competitive and evaluative cues without directly suggesting faking and asked subjects to complete the STAI. After an intervening task, the STAI was…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Psychological Patterns, Response Style (Tests)
Hedl, John J., Jr.; And Others – 1978
The effects of achievement-oriented and neutral instructions on the humor ratings of both testing and non-testing cartoons were assessed for high- and low test-anxious students. The effects of humor in reducing state anxiety were also evaluated. Fifty-two undergraduate students were selected on the basis of their Test Anxiety Scale scores. Both…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Cartoons, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHeinrich, Darlene L. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1979
The relationship between anxiety and learning was examined within the context of drive theory and trait-state anxiety theory. Results indicated that trait anxiety had a causal influence on state anxiety and on test performance. The possibility of a reciprocal relationship between state anxiety and performance was suggested. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Anxiety, Cognitive Ability
Brown, Alan S.; Itzig, Jerry M. – 1976
The effects of humorous test questions on test performance of high and low-anxious college students was investigated. It was hypothesized that humor should reduce the anxiety level of high-anxious subjects, and thus improve their performance, while having little effect on low-anxious subjects. Students were assigned to a low or high-anxious group…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Arousal Patterns, Higher Education
