Quantitative difference in the experience of state-trait anxiety in emotionally disturbed and normal children |
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Authors: | Finch A J Kendall P C Montgomery L E |
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Affiliation: | Virginia Treatment Center for Children, Richmond, Virginia 23201, USA. |
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Abstract: | In order to investigate the state-trait anxiety distinction in emotionally disturbed and normal children, the responses of 120 emotionally disturbed children and 126 normal children to the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (Spielberger, 1973) were factor analyzed separately. For the emotionally disturbed group two A-State and two A-Trait factors were found with the A-State factors accounting for significantly more of the variance than did A-Trait factors. For the normal group four A-State and two A-Trait factors were found, but there was not a significant difference between the amount of variance accounted for by A-State and A-Trait factors. Results were discussed as supporting the state-trait distinction and as having several implications for future research on anxiety. |
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