The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) Construct: Adult anxiety Description of Measure: The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a commonly used measure of trait and state anxiety (Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg, & Jacobs, 1983). It can be used in clinical settings to diagnose anxiety and to distinguish it from depressive syndromes.
The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI): The state scale in detecting mental disorders in geriatric patients. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20 (7), 629–634.
The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) has been widely used to measure the state and trait components of anxiety. We sought to develop a…
What Is the State-Trait Anxiety Scale? The State-Trait Anxiety Scale (STAI) was developed in 1970 by psychologists Charles D. Spielberger, Richard L. Gorsuch, and Robert E. Lushene. It is a self-report assessment tool that measures two different dimensions of anxiety: State Anxiety (S-Anxiety): This reflects a person’s temporary emotional state at a specific moment in time. Think of it as ...
The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a prominent psychological assessment tool used to measure anxiety levels in individuals. Developed by Charles Spielberger and colleagues in 1970, the STAI consists of 40 items divided into two subscales: state anxiety, which reflects feelings at a specific moment, and trait anxiety, indicating general anxiety tendencies. Respondents rate their ...
“Trait anxiety” describes anxiety that is part of someone’s personality or way of seeing the world. A related concept to trait anxiety called state anxiety describes anxiety that only occurs in ...
The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a psychological inventory consisting of 40 self-report items on a 4-point Likert scale. The STAI measures two types of anxiety – state anxiety and trait anxiety. Higher scores are positively correlated with higher levels of anxiety. Its most current revision is Form Y and it is offered in more than 40 languages. [1] The STAI was developed by ...