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LaRoque, Sean Davis; Obrzut, John E. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2006
This study used a techno-projective assessment method to analyze the relationship between pencil pressure applied during drawing tasks and state anxiety (S-anxiety) and trait anxiety (T-anxiety) levels. A highly accurate and precise pressure-sensitive palette was used by participants (N = 50) between the ages of 6 and 11 to reliably and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Projective Measures, Freehand Drawing, Physics
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Rao, Anthony V.; Potash, Herbert M. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1985
Hutt's hypothesis that anxiety is reflected by absolute size deviations on reproduced Bender-Gestalt figures was investigated by administering the test to 40 subjects. Measures of trait anxiety and defensive style were found to be intercorrelated significantly and to interact significantly with anxiety condition. (Author/BL)
Descriptors: Adults, Anxiety, Correlation, Personality Traits
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Mellstrom, Martin, Jr.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Compared predictive validity of anxiety measures. Undergraduates were pretested with general and specific trait anxiety measures and later exposed to situations involving a rat, a test, and social anxiety. Results indicated the predictive validity of specific measures was greater than that of general measures in 7 of 32 comparisons. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Measures (Individuals), Personality Traits, Predicitve Measurement
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Birenbaum, Menucha; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
The Endler S-R Inventory of General Trait Anxiousness was analyzed employing Smallest Space Analysis (SSA) and factor analysis. The SSA yielded a two-dimensional lattice partitioning the space into regions corresponding to the situations specified in the inventory. The factor-analytic results were similar but not as informative. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Multidimensional Scaling
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Shapiro, Jeremy P. – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1979
A substantial portion of what has been interpreted as "fear of success" imagery of the Thematic Apperception Test is argued to involve anxiety about engaging in achievement activities traditionally considered to be inappropriate to one's sex role. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Fear of Success, Higher Education, Occupational Aspiration