Within-person variability in state anxiety across adulthood: Magnitude and associations with between-person characteristics

被引:17
作者
Gerstorf, Denis [1 ]
Siedlecki, Karen L. [2 ]
Tucker-Drob, Elliot M. [2 ]
Salthouse, Timothy A. [2 ]
机构
[1] Penn State Univ, Dept Human Dev & Family Studies, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[2] Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA USA
关键词
adult lifespan; emotion; intraindividual variability; mood; INTRAINDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; NEGATIVE AFFECT; REACTION-TIME; OLDER-ADULTS; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; DAILY STRESS; LIFE-SPAN; AGE; MEMORY;
D O I
10.1177/0165025408098013
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
Across domains of functioning, research has shown substantial within-person variability in a number of different types of variables from one measurement occasion to another. Using data obtained from a large sample ( n = 784, 18-97 years) at three separate occasions, we examined properties and correlates of short-term variability in a construct that by definition is prone to fluctuations, namely state anxiety. Our results revealed that participants exhibited sizeable across-occasion variation in state anxiety. The magnitude of variability was unrelated to age, but was associated with a number of individual difference characteristics such as self-reported health, aspects of personality, well-being, and cognition. However, after taking into account mean-level differences in state anxiety, evidence for unique associations of variability was minimal.
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