Psychological Development and Education ›› 2000, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (4): 44-50.

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Trait anxiety of College Students: Its Structure and Characteristics

肖凌燕1, 邹泓2   

  1. 1. 河北大学信息管理系, 河北保定071000;
    2. 北京师范大学发展心理学研究所, 100875
  • Online:2000-10-15 Published:2000-10-15

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Abstract: Trait Anxiety Questionnaire for college students was developed in the study.497 college students(grade 1 to 4) completed Trait Anxiety Questionnaire for College Students and Spielberger's Trait Anxiety Inventory.Results indicated that five major factors were abstracted by exploratory factor analysis. The five factors were named as Study Anxiety,Job Anxiety,Health Anxiety,interpersonal relationship Anxiety,and Anxiety for Fear of Negative Evaluation respectively.The reliability and validity of the Questionnaire were acceptable in psychometrics.Grade difference existed on dimension of study anxiety. Grade difference,origin difference and gender difference existed on dimension of job anxiety.Sophomores are more anxious than freshmen,juniors and seniors,students who came from rural areas were more anxious than students who came from urban areas.Female students were more anxious than male students.

Key words: college students, trait anxiety, structure, characteristics

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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