Application of the Spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory in clinical patients

Application of the Spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory in clinical patients

OBJECTIVE: To examine the factor structure of the Portuguese version of State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) in clinical patients. METHOD: 400 subjects from an internal medicine outpatient unit and 200 from a medical ward were recruited. Patients answered questions about clinical data, the STAXI, and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Raw score of the STAXI was submitted to reliability assessment and factor analysis. RESULTS: Internal consistency using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was of 0.84. The STAXI significantly correlated with BDI at r=0.352 (p<0.01). The final solution of Principal Component Analysis identified five meaningful factors: Trait-Anger, State-Anger, Anger-Control, Anger-Out, and Anger-In. This structural model is close to the original theoretical construct of Spielberger's STAXI. CONCLUSION: The Portuguese version of STAXI presented an adequate factorial structure that permits the evaluation of anger dimensions among clinical patients.

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Main Authors: Azevedo,Flávia Barros de, Wang,Yuan-Pang, Goulart,Alessandra Carvalho, Lotufo,Paulo Andrade, Benseñor,Isabela Martins
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Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO 2010
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spelling oai:scielo:S0004-282X20100002000152010-04-28Application of the Spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory in clinical patientsAzevedo,Flávia Barros deWang,Yuan-PangGoulart,Alessandra CarvalhoLotufo,Paulo AndradeBenseñor,Isabela Martins anger psychometric scale factor analysis clinical patient OBJECTIVE: To examine the factor structure of the Portuguese version of State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) in clinical patients. METHOD: 400 subjects from an internal medicine outpatient unit and 200 from a medical ward were recruited. Patients answered questions about clinical data, the STAXI, and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Raw score of the STAXI was submitted to reliability assessment and factor analysis. RESULTS: Internal consistency using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was of 0.84. The STAXI significantly correlated with BDI at r=0.352 (p<0.01). The final solution of Principal Component Analysis identified five meaningful factors: Trait-Anger, State-Anger, Anger-Control, Anger-Out, and Anger-In. This structural model is close to the original theoretical construct of Spielberger's STAXI. CONCLUSION: The Portuguese version of STAXI presented an adequate factorial structure that permits the evaluation of anger dimensions among clinical patients.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEUROArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.68 n.2 20102010-04-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2010000200015en10.1590/S0004-282X2010000200015
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Wang,Yuan-Pang
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Application of the Spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory in clinical patients
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title Application of the Spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory in clinical patients
title_short Application of the Spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory in clinical patients
title_full Application of the Spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory in clinical patients
title_fullStr Application of the Spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory in clinical patients
title_full_unstemmed Application of the Spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory in clinical patients
title_sort application of the spielberger's state-trait anger expression inventory in clinical patients
description OBJECTIVE: To examine the factor structure of the Portuguese version of State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) in clinical patients. METHOD: 400 subjects from an internal medicine outpatient unit and 200 from a medical ward were recruited. Patients answered questions about clinical data, the STAXI, and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Raw score of the STAXI was submitted to reliability assessment and factor analysis. RESULTS: Internal consistency using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was of 0.84. The STAXI significantly correlated with BDI at r=0.352 (p<0.01). The final solution of Principal Component Analysis identified five meaningful factors: Trait-Anger, State-Anger, Anger-Control, Anger-Out, and Anger-In. This structural model is close to the original theoretical construct of Spielberger's STAXI. CONCLUSION: The Portuguese version of STAXI presented an adequate factorial structure that permits the evaluation of anger dimensions among clinical patients.
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