Journal of Psychology & Psychotherapy
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Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India

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• Research Article   
  Convergent Validation of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory with Measures of Personality, Affective Control and, Risk Propensity
  Author(s): Garima Joshi, Chandra Pratap Daksha, VS Chandrasekhar Pammi and Bhoomika R Kar*
  
  We standardized the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) with 407 young adults. Norms (high, medium, and low anxiety scores) were derived based on T scores and percentile ranks. Convergent validation was performed using correlation and multiple regression analysis followed by moderation analysis to study the relationship between anxiety (STAI) and personality dimensions (NEO-FFI 3), affective control, and risk propensity. State anxiety emerged as a significant predictor for both affective control and risk propensity. While trait anxiety moderated the relationship between personality and affective control as well as personality and risk propensity. Higher levels of trait anxiety seem to increase the disabling effect of neuroticism on affective control. In addition, with high level of trait anxiety and higher risk propensity, affective control was found to be better.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0487.23.13.467

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