A study of the statetrait anxiety inventory and the. Psychometric properties of the state trait inventory for. Measuring anxiety and anger with the statetrait anxiety inventory stai and the statetrait anger expression inventory staxi. The statetrait anxiety inventory stai american psychological. Nov 24, 2011 measuring anxiety and anger with the statetrait anxiety inventory stai and the statetrait anger expression inventory staxi. Statetrait anxiety inventory stai the stai, or statetrait anxiety inventory stai is an instrument that quantifies adult anxiety a childrens version is also available.
The advanced tools of the editor will direct you through the editable pdf template. The trait subscale of the statetrait anxiety inventory for children was used to establish the anxiety eligibility criterion, with a score. It is easily ad ministered and scored and, since it contains only. When used as a screening tool, further evaluation is recommended when the score is 10 or greater.
Enter your official identification and contact details. Pollans for her invaluable contributions in the preparation of the revised test manual and. Make certain the appropriate key for each scale is placed on the test form and add the response values printed on the key for twenty items. This instrument was developed by spielberger, gorsuch, and lushene 1970 to provide an operational measure of two different components of anxiety.
Psychometric study of the statetrait anxiety inventory. It was developed in 1988 and a revised manual was published in 1993 with some changes in scoring. Manual for the statetrait anxiety inventory stai form y. The state trait anxiety inventory for adults stai is a 40 item assessment that measures anxiety in adults. The scoring key is used for scoring the scales by hand. In fact, researchers are still debating whether the stait is unidimensional or multidimensional. In the development of stai form y, very special thanks are also due to the late dr. Beck anxiety inventory below is a list of common symptoms of anxiety. Anxiety individuals because they tend to interpret a wider range of situations as. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 56, 893897. Score of 021 low anxiety score of 2235 moderate anxiety score of 36 and above potentially concerning levels of anxiety references. In interpreting sang scores, it is important to note that the sang scale and subscales have substantial floor effects, particularly for normal adults, thus the cutoff points for determining high and very high scores are somewhat higher than for the other staxi2 scales and subscales.
The multidimensional anxiety scale for children 2nd edition masc 2 is a comprehensive, multirater assessment of anxiety dimensions in children and adolescents aged 8 to 19. Introduction anxiety is a multifaceted construct that can be defined as a sense of apprehension about future danger or threat american psychiatric association apa. Jacobs to use this stencil, fold this sheet in half and line up with the appropriate test side, either form y1 or form y2. The statetrait anxiety inventory for adults stai is a 40 item assessment that measures anxiety in adults. For each of the items please rate the degree to which the incident described would anger or provoke you by ticking the appropriate degree of annoyance. Adaptation of the state trait anxiety inventory in arabic.
Acknowledgments, introduction, administration, scoring and norms, development, reliability, and validity, research with stai, references and appendices. Norms and associated factors of the staiy are lacking for older adults in the general population. You invite participants to take the survey and transform generates their reports. Statetrait anxiety inventory stai the cognitive centre. It can be used in clinical settings to diagnose anxiety and to distinguish it from depressive syndromes. The stait, the beck depression inventoryii, the teate depression inventory, and the. Pdf file the 40item statetrait anxiety inventory for adults stai measures anxiety in adults. The statetrait anxiety inventory stai is a psychological inventory based on a 4point likert scale and consists of 40 questions on a selfreport basis. State trait anxiety inventory fill out and sign printable pdf template.
Development and validation of a shortform version of the. Manual for the statetrait anxiety inventory form y selfevaluation questionnaire. When used as a screening tool, further evaluation is recommended when the score is. Read each statement and then circle the appropriate number to the right of the statement to indicate how you generally feel. One means of accomplishing this is to use the statetrait anxiety inventory stai, a 40item selfreport technique. Spielberger developed the stai in the context of his experimental work on. Stai scoring tool this tool is for use by researchers or their assistants to score the statetrait anxiety inventory for adults stai, form y, which is made available to psychological researchers from mind garden, inc instructions press keys 1 through 4 on your computer keyboard or keypad with the num lock key locked for each answer. Multidimensional anxiety scale for children 2nd edition. Pdf manual for the statetrait anxiety inventory form.
Development of a shortened state anxiety scale from the. This particular instrument is used to simplify the separation between. Statetrait anxiety inventory stai in the experimental and control groups before and after the social challenge. Novaco anger inventory short form the items on this. Spielberger, 1968, 1977 purpose this selfreport measure indicates the intensity of feelings of anxiety. It also is often used in research as an indicator of caregiver distress. Anxiety evaluates the current state of anxiety, asking how respondents feel right now, using items that measure subjective feelings of apprehension, tension, nervousness, worry, and activationarousal of the autonomic nervous system. It also is often used in research as an indicator of caregiver. Abdullatif abstract the main goal of the present study was to develop an arabic adaptation of the state trait anxiety inventory stai, form y, spielberger, 1983. Past studies on the factor validity of the trait subscale of the spielbergers statetrait anxiety inventory stait do unanimously agree on its structure.
Statetrait anxiety inventory for adults scoring key form y1, y2 developed by charles d. State trait inventory for cognitive and somatic anxiety sticsa in the experimental and control groups before and after the social challenge figure 9. The oq45 provides a total score and three subscores to score the oq45, simply write the numeric value found next to each client response box selected by the client in the corresponding scoring box found to the right of each item on the right side of the questionnaire. Do not spend too much time on any one statement but give the answer which seems to describe your present feelings best. Locke, 2000 was designed to assess cognitive and somatic symptoms of anxiety as they pertain to one s mood in the moment state and in general trait. Mean total score on the state version of the state trait anxiety inventory st al in the experimental and control groups before and after the social challenge 117 figure i 0. Psychometric study of the state trait anxiety inventory.
Development of a shortened state anxiety scale from the spielberger state trait anxiety inventory stai for patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support. It is used in clinical settings for the diagnosis of anxiety and to differentiate it from depressive syndromes. Read each statement and select the appropriate response to indicate how you feel right now, that is, at this very moment. The statetrait anxiety inventory or stai is a widely accepted measure of trait and state anxiety elaborated by spielberger and collaborators in 1983. State trait anxiety inventory esign pdf with electronic. State trait anxiety inventory for adults stai acer.
Psychometric properties of the statetrait anxiety inventory mdpi. This particular instrument is used to simplify the separation between state anxiety and trait anxiety, feelings of anxiety and depression. The masc 2 indexes the range and severity of anxiety symptoms, and can be a useful adjunct to. Statetrait anger expression inventory interpretive. However, we concluded that the potential problem in their interpretation. That is why you need not try and represent a person other than yourself. Content validity of the short version of the subscale of. A number of statements that players have used to describe their feelings before competition are given below. Appendix a statetrait anxiety inventory stai form y1.
Manual for the state trait anxiety inventory form y. Acknowledgments, introduction, administration, scoring and. Score iesr consequence 24 or more ptsd is a clinical concern. The beck anxiety inventory bai consists of 21 items with a likert scale ranging from 0 to 3 and raw scores ranging from 0 to 63. Manual for the statetrait anxiety inventory stai form y selfevaluation questionnaire. Manual for the statetrait anxiety inventory form y self. Manual for the statetrait anxiety inventory form y1 y2. The statetrait anger expression inventory, second edition staxi2 is a structured, verbal, omnibus measure of behavioral and personality. Stai scoring tool this tool is for use by researchers or their assistants to score the state trait anxiety inventory for adults stai, form y, which is made available to psychological researchers from mind garden, inc instructions press keys 1 through 4 on your computer keyboard or keypad with the num lock key locked for each answer. Scale, obsessive compulsive inventoryrevised, interpretation of intrusions inventory. Indicate how much you have been bothered by that symptom during the past month, including today, by circling the number in the corresponding space in the column next to each symptom. In order to determine if stress can be simulated on the stai, the responses of 283 subjects.
Manual for the statetrait anxiety inventory form y selfevaluation questionnaire spielberger, charles donald on. Results trait anxiety symptoms that suggest further clinical assessment is needed were present in 17 % of adolescents. Statetrait anger expression inventory interpretive report staxi2. Development of a shortened state anxiety scale from the spielberger statetrait anxiety inventory stai for patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support. State anger refers to the intensity of the individuals angry feelings either at a the time of testing, or b a time and situation specified by the test administrator i. State trait anxiety inventory for adults 1983 citeseerx. Manual for the statetrait anxiety inventory form y. Norms and associated factors of the staiy state anxiety. Statetrait anger expression inventory interpretive report. Scores for both the sanxiety and the t anxiety scales can vary from a minimum of 20 to a maximum of 80. A number of statements which people have used to describe themselves are given below. Purchase staiad license to reproduce if you plan to administer the staiad via a paper and pencil survey. Scoring scores of 5, 10, and 15 are taken as the cutoff points for mild, moderate and severe anxiety, respectively.
The questionnaire consists of 57 items, grouped on 12 scales. The state trait inventory for cognitive and somatic anxiety sticsa. Novaco anger inventory short form the items on this scale describe situations that are related to anger arousal. On this test, scores that exceed 24 can be quite meaningful.
Answer these questions as truthfully as you canso that the assessment of your answers can be valid and reliable one. Statetrait anxiety inventory for adults mental health solutions. The masc 2 indexes the range and severity of anxiety symptoms, and can be a useful adjunct to the diagnosis of anxiety disorders. Selfreport qualification level b description the stai is a selfreport instrument that differentiates between the temporary condition of state anxiety and the longstanding quality of trait anxiety so that appropriate treatment can be developed. Shadows and lights on its construct validity article pdf available in journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment 354 june 20 with 7,618 reads. The stai contains separate scales for measuring state and trait anxiety. The state trait anger expression inventory, second edition staxi2 is a structured, verbal, omnibus measure of behavioral and personality patterns. Each of the 40 items has a range of four possible responses to each. Pollans for her invaluable contributions in the preparation of the revised test manual and comprehensive bibliography. Higher levels of state anxiety symptoms were associated with less frequent bgm f14, 261 6.
The objectives of the present study were to produce norms on the. The stai, or statetrait anxiety inventory stai is an instrument that quantifies adult anxiety a childrens version is also available. Higher scores are positively correlated with higher levels of anxiety. Statetrait anxiety inventory for adults staiad assessments. Beck anxiety inventory an overview sciencedirect topics. Read each statement and then tick the appropriate column to the right of the statement to indicate how you feel right now at the moment. Pdf manual for the statetrait anxiety inventory form y1 y2.
In interpreting sang scores, it is important to note that. Builds a report that interprets an individuals staiad scores. Read each statement and then circle the appropriate number to the right of the statement to indicate how you generally. It clearly differentiates between the temporary condition of state anxiety and the more general and longstanding quality of trait anxiety, helping. Statetrait anxiety inventory for adults instrument adult. However, the stai may be susceptible to effects of biasing response sets. The stai measures two types of anxiety state anxiety, or anxiety about an event, and trait anxiety, or anxiety level as a personal characteristic. It clearly differentiates between the temporary condition of state anxiety and the more general and longstanding quality of trait anxiety helping professionals distinguish between a clients feelings of. Read each statement and then tick the appropriate column to the right of the statement to indicate how you feel right now. Outcome measure state trait anxiety inventory trait scale stait sensitivity to change yes population adult domain psychological status type of measure selfreport scale icfcodes b1 description the stai the statetrait anxiety inventory stai is a commonly used measure of trait and state anxiety.
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