Effects of instructions on measures of state and trait anxiety in flight students

Abstract

Administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory twice to 134 flight students during their routine entrance aviation physical examination. Ss were lower in trait anxiety and higher in state anxiety than a group of 253 previously tested male college students. However, with an induced anxiety act, both state and trait anxiety scores were significantly lower than the scores obtained during the initial administration of the test. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)