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Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
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