title: Trait anxiety and coping style as predictors of pre-operative anxiety.
abstract: A situationally specific measure of trait anxiety based on the Endler model was a better predictor of pre-operative state anxiety than the STAI trait anxiety scale in 54 patients undergoing colonoscopy. Lower self-reported pre-operative anxiety was found for (a) repressors, who report low trait anxiety and high defensiveness on the Marlowe-Crown scale, than for (b) truly low anxious patients, who report low trait anxiety and low defensiveness.
authors.affiliation: Psychosomatic Unit, St James' Hospital, Dublin, Eire.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: O'Boyle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lennon
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Keeling
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012095:Repression-Sensitization