The interaction model of anxiety and the threat of Quebec's separation from Canada

Bibliographic Data

ID6205176
AuthorsGordon L Flett (0000-0002-4502-6285, North York General Hospital), Norman S Endler, Paul Fairlie
Year1999
Volume76
Issue1
Pages143-150
Publication date1999-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0022-3514.76.1.143
PMID9972559
OpenAlexW2055739677, W4249675760
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited1

The interaction model of anxiety was investigated by assessing trait and state anxiety in students at a Canadian university during the Quebec referendum. The results of Study 1 confirmed that the threat of separation by Quebec from Canada was perceived as an ambiguous, uncertain situation. In Study 2, reactions to this situation were assessed by having participants complete measures of anxiety and situation perception at Time 1 (i.e., 3 hr before the event) and Time 2 (i.e., 1 week after the vote). The results provide support for the interaction model; individuals who were high in trait anxiety in ambiguous situations and appraised the referendum situation as threatening were characterized by elevated state anxiety before the uncertain outcome of the vote. The results illustrate the need to examine trait anxiety and specific appraisals of situational threat in uncertain life situations.

Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Perception · Political science · Psychiatry · Referendum · Separation (statistics · Situational ethics · Statistics · Trait · Trait anxiety · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Canadian Policy and Governance · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology

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