Speilberger State/Trait Anxiety Inventory (STA)

The Speilberger State/Trait Anxiety Inventory (STA) consists of 2 subscales, the State scale (SAI) and the Trait scale (TAI). Each subscale consists of 20 items and yields a total score.

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Item Coding

The SAI consists of 20 items that are rated on a 4-point Likert scale as follows:

Not at all	Somewhat	Moderately so	Very Much so
1	2	3	4

The TAI consists of 20 items that are rated on a 4-point Likert scale as follows:

Almost never	Sometimes	Often	Almost always
1	2	3	4

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Scales

The STA yields 2 total scores, the SAI and the TAI. Description of the scales and item loadings are listed below. Scale scores are calculated as the sum of respective items. Underlined items are reverse scored.

Scale Name (Abbr.)	Description	Item loadings
SAI Total Score	State	All
TAI Total Score	Trait	All

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Resource Files

• Questionnaire
• CIDA Item file
• CIDA Scoring file
• SPSS Syntax Scoring file

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References

Spielberger, C. D., & Sydeman, S. J. (1994). State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory. In M. E. Maruish (Ed.), The use of psychological tests for treatment planning and outcome assessment (pp. 292-321). Hillsdale, NJ: LEA.

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Created by Jacky Diaz

Updated on 4-2-02