Effects of Defensiveness on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

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ID13656019
AuthorsDavid L Redfering (University of West Florida, corresponding author), John G Jones (0000-0001-8271-0038, University of Missouri)
Year1978
Volume43
Issue1
Pages83-89
Publication date1978-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1978.43.1.83
PMID704747
OpenAlexW1983536139
LanguageEN
References cited11

105 Naval Aviation Officer Cadets and 105 male university seniors were administered on one occasion the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Barron Ego Strength Scale, and the MMPI K Scale as measures of psychological defensiveness. It was expected that the cadets who were in a highly stressful environment would score higher on state anxiety and psychological defensiveness. In contrast to the impressive accumulation of research showing that the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory can discriminate between state and trait anxiety in a contrived situation, in this study the inventory did not differentiate between the two dimensions when tested in vivo. Moreover, increased defensiveness related negatively with reported anxiety levels. It was suggested that the authors of the inventory include a “correction” factor (measure of defensiveness) to attenuate the inventory's vulnerability to distortion by defensive subjects

Anxiety · California Psychological Inventory · Developmental psychology · Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory · Personality · Personality Assessment Inventory · Psychiatry · State-Trait Anxiety Inventory · Trait · Trait anxiety · Clinical Psychology · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychological Testing and Assessment · Psychology · Social Psychology

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