Psychometric Properties and Factorial Structure of the State Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait Version (STAI-T) in Caribbean University Students |
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Authors: | Donna-Maria B Maynard Michael H Campbell Dwayne Devonish Teddy Leon Maisha K Emmanuel Jonathan W Roberti |
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Institution: | 1. University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, BarbadosDonna-Maria.Maynard@cavehill.uwi.edu;3. University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados;4. New College of Florida, Sarasota, USA |
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Abstract: | The study investigated the psychometric properties of the State Trait Anxiety Inventory—Trait Scale (STAI-T: Spielberger, 1983) in a Caribbean university student sample. Participants were 415 undergraduate students (75% female) who completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait Version (STAI-T; Spielberger, 1983), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II; Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996), the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS; Zung, 1965), the Ego Resiliecy-89 (ER-89; Block, 1989), and the Perceived Stress Scale-Ten Item Version (PSS-10; Cohen et al., 1983). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to examine the construct validity of the trait anxiety scale in terms of factor structure, convergent, discriminant, and nomological validities. CFA results revealed that a two-factor solution (trait anxiety absent and trait anxiety present) provided significantly better fit than the one-factor model of trait anxiety. There was clear evidence of convergent validity, discriminant validity, and nomological validity of the scale. Results support the psychometric adequacy of the STAI-T for use with Caribbean university students. |
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Keywords: | HIV and AIDS psychosocial well-being biological influences psychosocial behavior African rural areas urban areas |
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