Psychometric Properties of the State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety (STICSA) in Friendship Dyads

Daniel F. Gros; Leonard J. Simms; Martin M. Antony

doi:10.1016/j.beth.2009.07.001

Psychometric Properties of the State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety (STICSA) in Friendship Dyads

Daniel F. Gros
, Leonard J. Simms
, Martin M. Antony

Psychology

Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical University of South Carolina
Toronto Metropolitan University

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Recently, Gros, Antony, Simms, and McCabe (2007) demonstrated support for the psychometric properties of a new measure of state and trait anxiety, the State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety (STICSA). In the present study, we further investigated the STICSA-Trait Version in 127 friendship dyads with a self-report from one participant (target) and an other-report of the target from a friend (informant). Consistent with previous research, confirmatory factor analyses supported the 2-factor structure of the STICSA-Trait in the target and informant reports. Moreover, the STICSA-Trait Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety subscales showed acceptable convergent and discriminant validity with related measures of anxiety. In addition, the STICSA-Trait subscales demonstrated adequate internal consistency and self-other agreement across the target and informant reports. Together, these findings provide additional support for the STICSA-Trait subscales as reliable and valid measures of cognitive and somatic anxiety.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	277-284
Number of pages	8
Journal	Behavior Therapy
Volume	41
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2009.07.001
State	Published - Sep 2010

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