General versus Specific Traits in the Assessment of Anxiety.

Mellstrom, Martin, Jr.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1978-Jun

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General versus Specific Traits in the Assessment of Anxiety.

Mellstrom, Martin, Jr.; And Others

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v46 n3 p423-31 Jun 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, Projective Measures, Psychological Patterns, Test Anxiety, Undergraduate Students

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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