Trait anxiety and coping style as predictors of pre-operative anxiety.
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.
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Psychosomatic Unit, St James' Hospital, Dublin, Eire.
O'Boyle
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Lennon
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012095:Repression-Sensitization