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Published on: September 12, 2014
The relationship between temperament and anxiety: phase I in the development of a risk screening model to predict
Andrea D Clements1, Beth A Bailey
1Department of Psychology, Box 70649, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 37614, USA. clements@etsu.edu
Abstract:
This study of 509 (340 female) undergraduate university students in southern Appalachia who completed the Adult Temperament Questionnaire (ATQ) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), is the first phase in the development of a model to predict risk for stress-related health problems. Results indicate that high negative affect strongly predicted individuals with above average anxiety (OR = 3.7, 95% CI 2.43, 5.64), while high positive affect, effortful control, and sociability predicted that individuals would be low in reported anxiety (OR = .33 [95% CI .25, .44], .29 [95% CI .19, .45], and .69 [95% CI .56, .86], respectively).
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