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Anxiety and actualization: Further research
Author(s) -
Wilkins William E.,
Krauss Herbert H.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197810)34:4<958::aid-jclp2270340428>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - psychology , anxiety , trait anxiety , trait , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , computer science , programming language
In a recent article, Wilkins, Hjelle, and Thompson (1977) argued that unlike the Dabrowski‐deGrace hypothesis, self‐actualized S s should have lower levels of manifest anxiety than low self‐actualized S s. Wilkins et al. demonstrated that this was indeed a preferable hypothesis. The present experiment concerns the relationship of actualization to state and trait anxiety. S s were administered the Personal Orientation Inventory, the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale, and Catteil's measure of state‐trait anxiety. The results support the Wilkins et al. reformulation by demonstrating that: (1) high self‐actualized S s had lower trait anxiety scores; and (2) high self‐actualized S s were susceptible to state anxiety within the limits established by their trait anxiety level.