The relationships among imaginative, direct verbal, and physiological measures of anxiety in an achievement situation.

Abstract

The relationships among 3 dispositional measures and 2 physiological indices of anxiety were investigated. The dispositional measures were low n Achievement, the Mandler-Sarason Test Anxiety Questionnaire, and the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale. Skin conductance and respiratory volume were the physiological indices. 25 male college students served as Ss. The correlation between n Achievement and Test Anxiety was -.43; between Test Anxiety and Manifest Anxiety, .53; and between Achievement and Manifest Anxiety, -.25. Need Achievement and Test Anxiety were both related to changes in skin conductance, but the Manifest Anxiety Scale did not relate to conductance change. 15 references. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)