![]() ![]() ![]() The state measurement assesses how the individual feels “right now” or at this moment. (1970) to measure anxiety from the perspective of states vs. The STAI was developed by Spielberger et al. Cynthia Fekken, in Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, 1998 4.14.3.3 The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Thus, despite its widespread use, there is inconsistent data supporting the use of the STAI. A recent study found that compared with the State Scale, the Trait Scale did not fare well in comparison with other measures of anxiety in an elderly sample ( Dennis et al., 2007). A subsequent study supported the use of the Trait but not the State scale of the STAI in anxiety disordered older patients (Kabacoff et al., 1997). An early study found modest construct and discriminant validity using the original version of the STAI ( Patterson, O'Sullivan, & Speilberger, 1980) in adults 55–87 years old. Norms from the original version (STAI-X) include a small sample of elderly persons aged 50–69 years. Examples of what the STAI measures include feelings of apprehension, tension, nervousness, and worry. The STAI ( Speilberger, Gorsuch, Luchene, Vagg, & Jacobs, 1983) is a 40-item self-report scale that assesses separate dimensions of “state” and “trait” anxiety. Ownby, in Handbook of Assessment in Clinical Gerontology (Second Edition), 2010 State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
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