The present two-part study examined the effects of coloring mandalas on state anxiety reduction with considerations of duration spent coloring and Big-5 personality traits. It was hypothesized that coloring mandalas for 30 minutes would significantly reduce levels of state anxiety. There were three coloring conditions that were randomly assigned to 105 participants. Measures included a Spielber...

PURPOSE There is a high level of over-referral from primary eye care leading to significant numbers of people without ocular pathology (false positives) being referred to secondary eye care. The present study used a psychometric instrument to determine whether there is a psychological burden on patients due to referral to secondary eye care, and used Rasch analysis to convert the data from an o...

This study examined the impact of state anxiety, trait anxiety, and anxiety sensitivity on physiological and self-report measures of sexual arousal and sexual function in a non-clinical sample of women. Physiological sexual responses to an erotic stimulus were assessed using vaginal photoplethysmography, and subjective reactions were measured using questionnaires. Results suggested a curvilinea...

PURPOSE Patients preparing to undergo surgery should not suffer needless anxiety. This study aimed to evaluate anxiety levels on the day before surgery as related to the information known by the patient regarding the diagnosis, surgical procedure, or anesthesia. METHOD Patients reported their knowledge of diagnosis, surgery, and anesthesia. The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)...

Questionnaires that are used in studies with severely patients should be as short as possible. Abridged versions of existing inventories are very practical in these instances. The answers of 444 subjects in three samples (cancer patients, medical students, surgical patients) were used to investigate the possibility of constructing short and reliable versions of the scales of the State and Trait...

The aim of this study was to research into the interconnection of an athlete’s identity and his/her state and trait anxiety. There were 410 athletes included. 67.4% of them were male athletes and 30% were female athletes. The sample included athletes of different quality classes (world class, international class, national class, perspective class, youngster class and non-categorized athletes). ...

AIMS To assess the relationships between trait anger (T-Anger) and anger expression styles and emotional states-suicide probability, depression, state and trait anxiety and self-esteem--in alcohol-dependent inpatients. METHODS The patients included in this study were 142 male inpatients with alcohol dependence according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) cri...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether maternal anxiety in the third trimester is associated with an increased uterine artery resistance index. DESIGN Cohort based study. SUBJECTS 100 pregnant women, with a mean gestation of 32 weeks. OUTCOME MEASURES Self rating Spielberger questionnaire for state anxiety and trait anxiety, and uterine blood flow waveform patterns as assessed by colour Doppler...

the aim of this study was to develop and obtain the reliability and validity of 8 items short form of spielberger stat-trait anxiety inventory (stai) for use in circumstances where the full form is inappropriate. in this study a correlational method is carried out. using the available sampling, the sample subjects were selected from 161 patients who referred to one of hospitals of isfahan. in t...