Relationships between Spielberger trait anxiety and Lykken social and physical trait anxiety

To determine the relationship between Spielberger's measure of trait anxiety and social-interpersonal vs. physical danger trait anxiety, Ss were administered and trait scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Lykken's Activity Preference Questionnaire (APQ). Results of correlative analyses indicated that the STAI-Trait measure correlated significantly with APQ-Social Anxiety, but not with APQ-Physical Anxiety. Results were discussed in terms of the implications for predicting state anxiety in different situations by the use of unidimensional vs. multidimensional trait anxiety measures.