Predictive validity of an Implicit Association Test for assessing anxiety.

Full Abstract

The Implicit Association Test (IAT) was adapted to measure anxiety by assessing associations of self (vs. other) with anxiety-related (vs. calmness-related) words. Study 1 showed that the IAT-Anxiety exhibited good internal consistency and adequate stability. Study 2 revealed that the IAT-Anxiety was unaffected by a faking instruction. Study 3 examined the predictive validity of implicit and explicit measures and showed that the IAT-Anxiety was related to changes in experimenter-rated anxiety and performance decrements after failure. Study 4 found that several behavioral indicators of anxiety during a stressful speech were predicted by the IAT. Taken together, these studies show that the IAT-Anxiety is a reliable measure that is able to predict criterion variables above questionnaire measures of anxiety and social desirability.

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Author information

Author/s: Egloff, Boris (B); Schmukle, Stefan C (SC);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany. egloff(-atsign-)mail.uni-mainz.de

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of personality and social psychology (J Pers Soc Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Dec; vol 83 (issue 6) : pp 1441-55

Dates: Created 2002/12/25; Completed 2003/06/24; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12500823, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult
Anxiety Disorders - diagnosis; psychology
Female
Fraud - psychology; statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Predictive Value of Tests

Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Reaction Time - physiology
Regression Analysis
Self Disclosure
Social Desirability
Students - psychology
Word Association Tests - statistics & numerical data

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