The Relationship between Self-Reported Anxiety and Biorhythms.

Abstract

This research was conducted to investigate the relationship of anxiety to biorhythms. Two groups of Air Force Institute of Technology students were administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory: the first group received eight surveys over a period of four weeks, the second group received only one survey. State and trait anxiety scores greater than one standard deviation about the group mean were tabulated against 'non-critical' and 'critical' biorhythm periods. Four hypotheses (and variations) were tested for higher than expected levels of anxiety occurring on critical days. A fifth hypothesis was tested for the rhythmicity of individual A-State anxiety scores. It was concluded that levels of anxiety may be influenced by biological fluctuations (rhythms) over time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA065895

Entities

People

  • Frederick W. Howe

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Biological Rhythms
  • Computer Science
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Frequency
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Statistical Tests
  • Students
  • Surveys

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.