title: Anxiety and the prediction of task duration: a preliminary analysis.
abstract: In this study the author explored the relationship between anxiety and predicting task duration. He hypothesized that individuals scoring high on anxiety would predict that more time would be needed to complete a task. Students (N = 198; 80 men and 118 women) enrolled in psychology classes completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State (STAI; C. C. Spielberger, 1983) and estimated the amount of time needed to complete a reading passage. A multiple regression analysis indicated that higher anxiety was associated with a prediction that more time would be needed to complete a task. Directions for future research are offered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, 89154, USA. bikelly@ccmail.nevada.edu
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010469:Perceptual Distortion; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013998:Time Perception