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H W Krohne

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PubMed2000

[Specific dimensions of anxiety in surgical patients. Development of a questionnaire and empirical results].

This article reports on the construction and empirical evaluation of an instrument for the measurement of different components of surgery-related state anxiety. The anxiety inventory KASA identifies three components: cognitive, autonomic, and somatic anxiety reactions. Internal consistencies of the three scales related to these components were highly satisfactory (Cronbach's alpha between 0.80 and 0.91). An analysis of scores of these three components across the perioperative period demonstrates that the KASA is a sensitive indicator of state anxiety changes. Further analyses concerning external relationships of this new instrument with indicators of coping, trait anxiety, perioperative mood states and postoperative adjustment are reported. Results of these analyses indicate that the KASA is a reliable and valid measure of different components of surgery-related anxiety.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1996

Repressive emotional discreteness after failure.

The relationship between coping dispositions and emotional responses after failure in an anagram task was examined. Previous research indicated that only repressers' nondominant emotions were less intense compared to nonrepressers', whereas the dominant emotion was of equal intensity. Using an experimental design in which emotions were measured as they were actually felt, the authors were able to demonstrate that this effect, called repressive emotional discreteness, also is apparent during an emotional event. Compared to nonrepressers, repressers reported roughly the same amount of guilt, which was the dominant emotion after failure, but they showed lower self-rated fear, sadness, and hostility. No differential effects were observed regarding positive emotions after success, indicating that repressive discreteness is restricted to negative emotions. The implications of these findings for explaining the mechanism underlying repression are discussed.

Achievement↗