The impact of state and trait anxiety on decision making

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph V. Ciarrochi ◽  
James F. Voss
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 218-218
Author(s):  
Alexa Evenson ◽  
Katherine Johnson ◽  
Catherine Bohn-Gettler ◽  
Trevor Keyler

Abstract Objectives To determine the impact of State and Trait anxiety and dietary intake on college students' gastrointestinal symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A total of 455 students, aged 18–23, from two residential colleges in the midwestern United States participated in the study during April 2021. An online questionnaire that included the National Cancer Institute Dietary Screener, State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety, and an adapted version of the Gastrointestinal Symptoms Questionnaire was used. Stepwise multiple regression analyses was used to analyze the data. Results The mean score for GI symptoms was 5.57 ± 5.25. Moderate to severe symptoms of abdominal bloating (31.8%), nausea (16.2%), passing gas (29.1%), abdominal rumbling (28.1%), abdominal cramping (20.4%), diarrhea (18.8%), and constipation (14.7%) were reported by our participants. High rates of State-somatic, State-cognitive, and Trait-somatic anxiety were present in our study population. These anxiety subscales and dietary intake predicted 26% and 3.8% of the GI symptoms variance, respectively. Conclusions State-anxiety and Trait-somatic anxiety are large factors in predicting GI symptoms compared to dietary intake. College students could seek anxiety-reducing techniques to ease GI symptoms. Funding Sources None


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 459
Author(s):  
Sefa Şahan Birol ◽  
Veysel Temel ◽  
Elif Aydın

The aim of this research was to identify levels of participation in recreational activities in children living under the protection of children's shelter in Karaman province. Then, determine their decision making, trait anxiety and burnout levels in terms of psychosocial variables. In this qualitative study, research group consisted of 31 children between the ages of 7-18 who are protected in 6 children’s shelter which are under the control of the ministry of Family and Social Policies, coordination center of children’s shelter in Karaman. In the direction of expert guidance, the sampling group consisted of a house among 6 children’s shelter where children reside between the ages of 15-17 with 5 children capacity. Besides personal information questions, qualitative questions formed with the guidance of decision making scale, spielberger state and trait anxiety scale and maslach burnout inventory-student survey were asked the sampling group. Four themes which were recreation, decision making, trait anxiety and burnout were emerged after thematic content coding. Findings indicate that participants need more social and sportive recreational activities. Participants have positive mood, happy and their burnout level is low. They take their own decisions even they consult around people caring them. They also do not regret after their decisions. Despite they have no concern about their occupation in future due to their confidence themselves. They have nervouspsyschological structure because of their possible conflicts with their parents. Hence, it is possible that their anxiety and burnout levels can reach high level.Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetBu çalışmanın amacı, Karaman ili bünyesindeki çocuk evlerinde korunma altına alınan çocukların rekreatif faaliyetlere katılım düzeylerinin belirlenerek bu bağlamda, yaşamlarının psiko-sosyal açıdan incelenip, elde edilen verilere göre karar verme, sürekli kaygı ile tükenmişlik düzeylerini belirlemektir. Yapılan nitel araştırmada, çalışma grubunu, Karaman Aile ve Sosyal Politikalar İl Müdürlüğü, Çocuk Evleri Koordinasyon Merkezi bünyesinde oluşturulan 6 çocuk evinde koruma altına alınan 7-18 yaş aralığında toplam 31 çocuk oluşturmakta olup, örneklemini ise uzman yönlendirmesi doğrultusunda adı geçen 6 çocuk evi içerisinden 15-17 yaş aralığında çocukların ikamet ettiği ve toplamda 5 çocuk kapasiteli bir çocuk evi meydana getirmektedir. Çalışmada, kişisel bilgi formu, Melbourne Karar Verme Ölçeği, Spielberger Durumluk ve Sürekli Kaygı Ölçeği ve Maslach Tükenmişlik Envanteri-Öğrenci Formundan faydalanılarak hazırlanan sorular katılımcılara sözel olarak yöneltilmiştir. Yapılan tematik içerik kodlaması sonrasında rekreasyon, karar verme, sürekli kaygı ve tükenmişlik olarak dört tema oluşturulmuştur.Yapılan araştırma neticesinde; katılımcıların daha fazla sosyal ve sportif rekreatif aktivitelere ihtiyaç duydukları; kararlarını çevresinde önem verdiği kişilere danışmasına rağmen kendileri aldıkları ve bunun sonucunda pişman olmadıkları; genel anlamdatükenmişlik düzeylerinin düşük, mutlu ve olumlu bir ruh hali içerisinde oldukları ve kendilerine olan güvenleri doğrultusunda gelecekte edinecekleri meslek konusunda bir endişe taşımamalarına rağmen, aileleri ile ilgili yaşanılacak olumsuzluklar neticesinde, sinirli bir yapıya bürünüp bu hususla ilgili kaygı ve tükenmişlik düzeylerinin yüksek boyutlara ulaşabilme ihtimalinin olduğu tespit edilmiştir.


Author(s):  
Oliver J Robinson ◽  
Rebecca Bond ◽  
Jonathan P Roiser

Stress can precipitate the onset of mood and anxiety disorders. This may occur, at least in part, via a modulatory effect of stress on decision-making. Some individuals are, however, more resilient to the effects of stress than others. The mechanisms underlying such vulnerability differences are nevertheless unknown. In this study we attempted to begin quantifying individual differences in vulnerability by exploring the effect of experimentally induced stress on decision-making. Threat of unpredictable shock was used to induce stress in healthy volunteers (N=47) using a within-subjects, within-session design, and its impact on a financial decision-making task (the Iowa Gambling Task) was assessed alongside anxious and depressive symptomatology. As expected, participants learned to select advantageous decks and avoid disadvantageous decks. Importantly, we found that stress provoked a pattern of harm-avoidant behaviour (decreased selection of disadvantageous decks) in individuals with low levels of trait anxiety. By contrast, individuals with high trait anxiety demonstrated the opposite pattern: stress-induced risk-seeking (increased selection of disadvantageous decks). These contrasting influences of stress depending on mood and anxiety symptoms might provide insight into vulnerability to common mental illness. In particular, we speculate that those who adopt a more harm-avoidant strategy may be better able to regulate their exposure to further environmental stress, reducing their susceptibility to mood and anxiety disorders. The threat of shock paradigm we employed might therefore hold promise as a ‘stress-test’ for determining individual vulnerability to mood and anxiety disorders.


2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 2722
Author(s):  
Tulay Kavlak ◽  
Filiz Hisar

Purpose:This study was carried out in order to determine the anxiety levels of menopausal women on their sexual satisfaction.Method and material:This descriptive study. The study was carried out at a menopause clinic of a state hospital between June and August 2011. Data were collected by questionnaire: the Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS) and the State Trait Anxiety Inventory.     Results:The mean age of the participants was 49.2±7.6 years old and nearly half of the women 46-50 age group. Half of the women in our sample had a chronic disease, 46.4% of women had sexual intercourse twice a week and 85.1% of them were housewives.  In our research it was found that the women’s sexual satisfaction was low, and their state anxiety levels were moderate level. There was a moderate positive correlation between the women’s sexual satisfaction scores and their anxiety levels. Increased levels of both state and trait anxiety in women reduces their sexual satisfaction. Conclusion:In this study, it was shown that women’s anxiety levels were middle and their sexual satisfactions were decreased during menopause. For this reason menopausal women’s should recommended give information about sexual and psychological consultancy services.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (S1-May) ◽  
pp. 198-204
Author(s):  
Baykal Karataş ◽  
Gökhan Bayraktar

Curling sport is called “ice chess” due to its level of precision and the complex structure of strategic thinking to win. It is a sport branch that is tactically reminiscent of chess, and technically reminiscent of bowling (Yılmaz, 2018). In this study, it is aimed to research the relationship between curling referees’ state and trait anxiety, and their decision-making abilities. In this research, a method for descriptive and correlational survey model will be used to determine the current situation. The population of the study consists of 107 referees who take charge in the activities of the Turkey Curling Federation in 2021, and the sample of the study is 97 referees. In this study, the personal information form and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI), developed by Spielberger et al. (1970) and adapted into Turkish by Öner and Le Compte (1985), and the ‘’ Melbourne Decision Making I and II Scales ” developed by Mann et al. (1998) and adapted to Turkish by Deniz (2004) are used. Data analysis is performed in SPSS 22.0 program. It is observed that the referees participating in the study have moderate state and trait anxiety levels, their self-esteem levels are high, they use careful decision-making style at a high level, and they use avoidant, procrastination, and panic decision-making styles at a low level. It is observed that curling referees’ anxiety levels are low, and their decision-making levels are moderate.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasiliki Tsoulou ◽  
Eirini Karamolegou ◽  
Michael Kourakos ◽  
Georgios Vasilopoulos ◽  
Maria Polikandrioti

The purpose of this research was to explore the association between state and trait anxiety experienced by patients who had undergone traumatic amputation and their family caregivers. The sample studied consisted of 50 hospitalized patients who had undergone traumatic amputation and 50 family caregivers. The collected data included patients’ and caregivers’ characteristics and the State Trait Anxiety Inventory scores. Fifty percent of patients and caregivers scored below 50 and 47, respectively (median), in trait anxiety. In terms of state anxiety, at least 50% of patients and caregivers scored below 56 and 50.5, respectively. These values indicate moderate to high levels of the impact of amputation on the trait and state anxiety of amputees and their caregivers. A positive linear correlation was found between the trait and state anxiety of the patients as well as between the trait and state anxiety of caregivers, as expected (ρ = 0.915, P < .001, and ρ = 0.920, P < .001, respectively). A statistically significant positive correlation was also observed between state patient anxiety and state anxiety of caregivers (ρ = 0.239 and P = .039) and between trait patient anxiety and trait anxiety of caregivers (ρ = 0.322 and P = .030). More specifically, as the patient’s anxiety score (either trait temporary) increases, the score of the caregivers’ anxiety increases and vice versa. Nurses should be aware of the association between anxiety of amputees and caregivers and, therefore, work in multidisciplinary teams to maximize clinical outcomes for patients after amputation and their families.


2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaxi Peng ◽  
Wei Xiao ◽  
Yebing Yang ◽  
Shengjun Wu ◽  
Danmin Miao

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