Development and validation of a short-form version of the Brazilian state-trait anxiety inventory

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ID4841845
AutoresAna Carolina Monnerat Fioravanti-Bastos (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro), Elie Cheniaux (0000-0003-4769-2684, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), J Landeira-Fernandez (0000-0002-8395-8008, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro)
Año2011
Volumen24
Número3
Páginas485-494
Fecha de publicación2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsicologia Reflexão e Crítica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-7972 • E-ISSN: 1678-7153
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-79722011000300009
OpenAlexW2034239574
SCIELO_PIDS0102-79722011000300009
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas26
Referencias citadas3

The Brazilian State-Trait Anxiety Inventory has been widely used to measure state (STAI-S) and trait (STAI-T) components of anxiety. The present work developed and evaluated a short version of the STAI-S and STAI-T in a large sample of Brazilian subjects. The first study selected short-form scales. The second one employed factor analyses to investigate whether each of the two short-form scales presented a well-defined and balanced structure with both anxiety-present and anxiety-absent factors. Results indicated that the STAI-S and STAI-T could be reduced to six items (STAI-S-6 and STAI-T-6, respectively) without sacrificing their psychometric properties. The findings suggest that STAI-S-6 and STAI-T-6 may be employed in situations where time restraints make the use of full-length forms unfeasible

Anxiety · Psychiatry · State-Trait Anxiety Inventory · Trait · Trait anxiety · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies