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Validation Of The State Version Of The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory In A University Sample, Christopher L. Thomas, Jerrell C. Cassady
Validation Of The State Version Of The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory In A University Sample, Christopher L. Thomas, Jerrell C. Cassady
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Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Model makes a theoretical distinction between the contribution of dispositional anxiety and the transitory experience of anxiety to performance difficulties during testing situations. According to the State-Trait framework, state anxiety is viewed as the primary performance barrier for test-anxious students, and as such, educators and educational researchers have expressed interest in validated, state anxiety measurement tools. Currently, the most widely used measure of state anxiety is the state version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. However, evidence regarding the psychometric properties of this scale is relatively scarce. Therefore, the current study was designed to determine the structural validity, …