title: Perceived self and ideal self ratings in relation to high and low levels of anxiety in college women.
abstract: The Cattell and Scheier IPAT Anxiety (Self Analysis) Questionnaire and the Corsini SAQS Chicago Q Sort were administered to 146 college women. Ss were divided into "high" and "low" anxiety groups on the basis of the IPAT anxiety scores. Those women with a high degree of anxiety were found to have a significantly greater discrepancy between their perceived self and ideal self concepts than did those women who had low levels of anxiety.
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology*; D001240:Aspirations, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011779:Q-Sort; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students