Situational Dimensions of Self-Reported Nervousness

Endler, Hunt, and Rosenstein's systematic application of the stimulus-response model in their psychometric study of anxiety provided the impetus and rationale for this work, investigation of the situational dimensions of self-reported nervousness. Factor analysis of a nervousness inventory revealed three broad dimensions, characterized by social situations, situations of physical discomfort or potential bodily harm, and situations of disorder or disruption. The first two of these dimensions have been observed before. The third has not been conspicuously noted and may especially merit further study.