State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety.
STICSA
Anxiety separated into cognitive (worry, apprehensive thoughts) and somatic (physiological arousal) components, each measured as both a momentary state and a stable trait; designed to be less confounded with depression than the STAI
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 21 per scale (state and trait forms; 10 cognitive + 11 somatic each). 4-point (1-4); state = 'right now' (not at all to very much), trait = 'in general' (almost never to almost always); subscale and total scores (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Several languages incl. IT, DE, ES, NL, ZH and others; measurement-invariance work across age/sex
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Ree, M. J., French, D., MacLeod, C., & Locke, V. (2008). Distinguishing cognitive and somatic dimensions of state and trait anxiety: development and validation of the STICSA. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 36(3), 313-332.
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