Evaluation of the structure of Brazilian State-Trait Anxiety Inventory using a Rasch psychometric approach

Kaipper, Márcia Balle; Chachamovich, Eduardo; Hidalgo, María Paz Loayza; Torres, Iraci Lucena da Silva; Caumo, Wolnei

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.09.013

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“…[34][35][36] Despite that debate, until today, STAI is being used as initially proposed, e.g., to evaluate a specific, unidimensional emotion, and it became the gold standard for anxiety assessment, being used in several different types of research. 37 Considering all this, it becomes clearly important to revisit the concept of trait anxiety. Although the idea of a general anxious trait cannot yet be discarded, simply accepting it would mean that some trait anxiety scales are not adequately assessing this personality traitincluding STAI-trait, as it does not correlate to anxious response in physical threat situations, as shown by the data presented here and also in previous studies.…”

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Trait vs. state anxiety in different threatening situations

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Silva

et al. 2017

Trends Psychiatry Psychother.

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Objective Anxiety as a uni- or multidimensional construct has been under discussion. The unidimensional approach assumes that there is a general trait anxiety, which predisposes the individuals to increases in state anxiety in various threatening situations. In this case, there should be a correlation between state and trait anxiety in any situation of threat. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between trait and state anxiety in participants exposed to two different anxiogenic situations: interpersonal threat (Video-Monitored Stroop Test – VMST) and physical threat (third molar extraction – TME). Methods Participants with various levels of trait anxiety (general trait: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory – STAI, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; specific trait: Social Phobia Inventory, Dental Anxiety Scale) had their anxious state evaluated (STAI, self-evaluation of tension level, heart rate, electromyogram activity) before, during and after the VMST or the TME. Results In VMST, trait anxiety correlated to state anxiety (psychological parameters) in all test phases. However, in TME, the only trait measurement that correlated to state anxiety (psychological parameters) was the Dental Anxiety Scale. Conclusion Trait anxiety correlates positively to state anxiety in situations of interpersonal threat, but not of physical threat.

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Trait vs. state anxiety in different threatening situations

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Silva

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“…Of the nine original empirical articles in this issue, eight include emotional states as key variables. Two articles focus solely on emotional states: the refinement of a popular anxiety measure [1], and the comorbidity of depression and social phobia [2]. One study examines "distress" as the primary outcome of a self-help intervention for people with tinnitus [3], and another examines depression, anxiety, and other variables among people with medically unexplained symptoms [4].…”

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The two views of emotion in psychosomatic research

Lumley

2010

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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“…The trait-anxiety, on the other hand, was not evaluated at the end of the study. It is understood that the trait-anxiety is a relatively stable and permanent feature in the individual (19) . Also Cohen index d for the three groups and the percentage change for all three groups were defined between before and after treatment.…”

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“…All participants answered a biologic sociodemographic questionnaire and instruments: Stress Symptoms List (LSS) (18) , State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (19) and SF12v2 for Quality of life (20) , applied at the beginning of the research and after three weeks of treatment. www.ee.usp.br/reeusp…”

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Chinese phytotherapy to reduce stress, anxiety and improve quality of life: randomized controlled trial

Kurebayashi

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Kuba

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Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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Objective:To evaluate the effect of Chinese phytotherapy to reduce stress levels, anxiety and improve quality of life. Method: double-blind randomized controlled trial with 89 volunteers divided into three groups: control (no intervention), Placebo and Phytotherapy. The study was conducted in 2015 with healthy adults treated at the Integrated and Eastern Therapy Institute, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Participants were evaluated at baseline and after three weeks with the Stress Symptoms List (SSL), Anxiety Inventory-Trait and State and SF12v2 for quality of life. Intervention groups received a placebo or Gan May Zao formula (GMDZ) flask with 50 ml. Results: According to ANOVA, there were significant differences (p = 0.025) after treatment of stress (SSL2). And the difference was between control and Phytotherapy groups, according to the Tukey post hoc (p = 0.022). There were no differences in the levels of state-anxiety and physical and mental domains in the SF12v2. Conclusion: The GMDZ formula reduced stress levels, but more studies are needed with greater sample, with reassessment of dosage and a longer period of treatment to confirm and extend the results. Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials: RBR-28s4hz. DESCRIPTORS

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Evaluation of the structure of Brazilian State-Trait Anxiety Inventory using a Rasch psychometric approach

Cited by 69 publications

References 45 publications

Trait vs. state anxiety in different threatening situations

Trait vs. state anxiety in different threatening situations

The two views of emotion in psychosomatic research

Chinese phytotherapy to reduce stress, anxiety and improve quality of life: randomized controlled trial

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