Modes and models in anxiety

Abstract

To examine within the realm of emotion the correspondences between personality models and classes of procedures for measuring individuality, a study was conducted in which self-rated anxiety, observations of anxious behaviors, and psychophysiological processes were recorded in multiple situations. Twenty-eight first-year psychology students participated in this study. For the specification of the basic concepts of personality a methodology is presented that is built on generalizability theory. Evidence is offered for a strong method-specificity of current personality models. Furthermore, the multimethod study revealed an absence of substantial multimode correlations.

Key Words:

• Anxiety
• generalizability theory
• multimodal assessment
• personality models
• situations